Discount Bond Database
Government zero-coupon yield curves for six major government bond markets

Japan

Government zero-coupon yield curve estimates for Japan.

At a glance
KR yields
March 22, 1988 - March 31, 2023
KR-T yields
January 4, 1989 - March 31, 2023
Maturities
Daily maturities to 14,731 days (40.4 years); monthly maturities to 484 months
Yields
Annualized, continuously compounded · decimal · 365-day year

Choosing between them. The two estimates agree closely at maturities where Japanese government bonds are densely observed. Where the local cross-section is sparse, KR-T is the better choice, because it also draws on the U.S. reference market through FX. More on the methods →

Standalone Kernel Ridge Regression estimates using Japanese government bonds.

Daily observations, daily maturitiesCSV Parquet
Daily observations, monthly maturitiesCSV
Monthly observations, daily maturitiesCSV
Monthly observations, monthly maturitiesCSV

Transfer-learning estimates incorporating information from the U.S. Treasury and foreign-exchange markets.

Daily observations, daily maturitiesCSV Parquet
Daily observations, monthly maturitiesCSV
Monthly observations, daily maturitiesCSV
Monthly observations, monthly maturitiesCSV

Bond counts, observed maturity range, and date inclusion details →