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Japan 5-Year Government Bond Yield

Daily Japan 5-year government bond yield observations alongside USD/JPY, with comparable sovereign-yield context.

Yield
1.95%
As of
2026-07-17
Daily change
-1 bp
History starts
2000-01-04

Why 5-Year Government Bond Yield matters for JPY

5-Year Government Bond Yield is a market measure of the return investors demand to hold Japan government debt. Changes can affect relative yield pricing, risk sentiment, and the outlook for JPY.

How to read the daily series

Read the daily change in basis points first, then compare the recent yield path with the currency overlay and the adjacent maturity. A move that is isolated to one tenor can signal a change in the curve rather than a broad repricing of rates.

5-Year Government Bond Yield and USD/JPY

Daily yield observations from Ministry of Finance, overlaid with USD/JPY on a separate scale. Unit: %.

Yield curve context

Compare 5-Year Government Bond Yield with 2-Year Government Bond Yield and USD/JPY to see whether the move is broad or concentrated in one maturity.

Recent daily observations

The basis-point change compares each yield with the prior available observation.

Recent Japan 5-Year Government Bond Yield daily observations
Date Yield Daily change
1.95% -1 bp
1.96% +1 bp
1.95% -1 bp
1.96% -5 bp
2.01% +2 bp
1.99% -5 bp
2.04% 0 bp
2.04% +3 bp
2.01% +2 bp
1.99% +2 bp
1.97% -1 bp
1.98% +2 bp
Date
Yield
1.95%
Daily change
-1 bp
Date
Yield
1.96%
Daily change
+1 bp
Date
Yield
1.95%
Daily change
-1 bp
Date
Yield
1.96%
Daily change
-5 bp
Date
Yield
2.01%
Daily change
+2 bp
Date
Yield
1.99%
Daily change
-5 bp
Date
Yield
2.04%
Daily change
0 bp
Date
Yield
2.04%
Daily change
+3 bp
Date
Yield
2.01%
Daily change
+2 bp
Date
Yield
1.99%
Daily change
+2 bp
Date
Yield
1.97%
Daily change
-1 bp
Date
Yield
1.98%
Daily change
+2 bp

Japan 5-Year Government Bond Yield API docs

Request the published daily yield history directly from the versioned API endpoint.

Endpoint coverage and contract

Use /api/v1/announcements/jpy/gov_bond_5y with start_date, end_date, limit, and your API key to retrieve the series.

Currently documented history runs from 2000-01-04 to 2026-07-17 for this endpoint.

Production OpenAPI schema: https://api.fxmacrodata.com/openapi.json

Common questions

Practical context for using this daily government-bond yield series.

What does daily change mean?

Daily change is the latest yield minus the prior available observation, expressed in basis points.

Why compare the yield with the currency?

The currency overlay helps show whether changes in domestic government yields are moving alongside the exchange rate or diverging from it.