March 23, 2023
Ministry of Finance
Issuance of the 10-year, 20-year, 30-year and 40-year Bonds (FY2023)
Issuance and reopening schedule of the 10-year, 20-year, 30-year and 40-year Bonds will be as follows.
1) 10-year Bonds (4 issues in FY2023 unless interest rates fluctuate wildly(*))
* The gap between the coupon rate of the issue with the same maturity and the market interest rate on the auction day is more than 0.30%.
<In case of 4 issues in FY2023>
- April, May and June 2023 issues will be the issue No.370. (Maturity March 20, 2033)
- July, August and September 2023 issues will be the issue No.371. (Maturity June 20, 2033)
- October, November and December 2023 issues will be the issue No.372. (Maturity September 20, 2033)
- January, February and March 2024 issues will be the issue No.373. (Maturity December 20, 2033)
2) 20-year Bonds (4 issues in FY2023)
- April, May and June 2023 issues will be the issue No.184. (Maturity March 20, 2043)
- July, August and September 2023 issues will be the issue No.185. (Maturity June 20, 2043)
- October, November and December 2023 issues will be the issue No.186. (Maturity September 20, 2043)
- January, February and March 2024 issues will be the issue No.187. (Maturity December 20, 2043)
3) 30-year Bonds (4 issues in FY2023)
- April, May and June 2023 issues will be the issue No.78. (Maturity March 20, 2053)
- July, August and September 2023 issues will be the issue No.79. (Maturity June 20, 2053)
- October, November and December 2023 issues will be the issue No.80. (Maturity September 20, 2053)
- January, February and March 2024 issues will be the issue No.81. (Maturity December 20, 2053)
4) 40-year Bonds (1 issue in FY2023)
- May, July, September, November 2023, January and March 2024 issues will be the issue No.16. (Maturity March 20, 2063)
- Auction method is Dutch-style-yield-competitive auction (0.5 bp bidding scale).
(Note) The plan could be changed owing to market conditions and others.