2-year yield on government bonds (percentage points; constant maturity; nominal) - Japan - Ministry of Finance - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Japan constant-maturity government-bond yield curve (Ministry of Finance)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Japan, the 2-year government-bond yield was 0.93 percent on 24 September 2025, versus 0.94 on 22 September 2025.
Sample. In the daily series shown in the plot, there are 12,702 records in total. The time range covered by the series extends from September 1974 to September 2025.
History. Here's a snapshot of some descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: the yield recorded a bottom of -0.37 percent on 27 July 2016; it reached a maximum of 12.14 on 4 April 1980; it was equal on average to 2.74.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | 0.918 |
| 2025-09-22 | 0.935 |
| 2025-09-24 | 0.932 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | 2-year yield; Japan government bond yield curve |
| Country | Japan |
| Economic concept | Interest rate |
| Data type | Semiannually compounded interest rate |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Japan Ministry of Finance |
| Source type | National source |
| Data licence | Public Data Licence |
| Measure type | Interpolated level (constant maturity; cubic spline) |
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