Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: The large amount of Japanese government bonds held by the Bank of Japan has a stock effect, which will slightly lower long-term yields. The amount of government bonds held by the Bank of Japan will continue to have an impact, as the speed of shareholding reduction is extremely slow.

Interbank repo benchmark rates have collectively risen. FR001 is reported at 1.8200%, up 3.00 basis points; FR007 is reported at 2.3000%, up 48.00 basis points; FR014 is reported at 2.1300%, up 1.00 basis point.

The Governor of the Bank of Japan, Kazuo Ueda: There is no intention to immediately divest from ETFs and REITs.