There's speculation the prospect of significant US interest rate rises and the yen’s slump may force the Bank of Japan's hand on policy tightening

Observers say speculators betting on a Bank of Japan capitulation amid tightening at other global central banks have been attacking the bonds

The calls come as global fixed-income traders sold about $35 billion worth of yuan-denominated bonds in the first four months of this year

New construction starts measured by floor area plunged 30.6% in January-May from a year earlier, after a 26.3% fall in January-April

Overseas investors offloaded a combined net total of $145 million in South Korean, Thai, Indian, Indonesian and Malaysian bonds last month, data showed

The Bank of Japan ramped up bond buying on Tuesday in a bid to keep the yield on 10-year government bonds at a 0.25% cap, amid renewed pressure from rising global interest rates

The China Securities Regulatory Commission criticised Everbright Securities, CITIC Securities, Haitong Securities and China International Capital Corporation

AIIB, a multilateral development bank headquartered in Beijing, issued 1.5 billion yuan ($224 million) of three-year bonds with a coupon rate of 2.4%

China is the continent's biggest bilateral creditor but most debt is due to private Western holders of African debt, the report says

The Finance ministry said the sale was the biggest by a sovereign issuer in Japan's debt market this year, amid choppy global market conditions due to monetary tightening and geopolitical tensions

Local governments will need to issue another $210bn in special bonds this month if they want to meet the cabinet's half-year goal

The government announced it would raise fuel prices after an agreement with the IMF that included an end to fuel subsidies, allowing the resumption of aid