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Japan is the world's largest foreign creditor and a marginal buyer of global risk assets via yen-funded carry trades. When Tokyo feels compelled to reassure foreign investors in English, it typically precedes either expanded JGB issuance, a fiscal package, or pressure on the BOJ to keep yields capped — all of which weaken the yen and can fuel carry-trade-driven risk appetite in the short run, but raise tail risk of a violent unwind later.

The administration of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is providing foreign investors with more information in English to address persistent market concerns about her fiscal policy management.

Japan's Takaichi Goes English-Language to Calm Foreign Investors on Fiscal Policy

Japan's English-language fiscal outreach is a stealth signal for yen-funded carry trades, which could unwind and hit crypto's most leveraged yen-borrowers first.