Foreigners dump Japanese bonds at 21x normal pace

Money is leaving Japanese debt fast and rotating into Japanese stocks instead. Higher local yields are forcing a real shift in global capital flows.

🇯🇵DATA: Foreign investors dumped ¥1.25 TRILLION of Japanese bonds last week, 21x the prior week's selling.

The exodus follows the 10-year JGB yield hitting its highest level since 1996 earlier this week.

Meanwhile, those same foreign investors bought ¥621 BILLION of Japanese… pic.twitter.com/BginNQQHPo

— Coin Bureau (@coinbureau) August 20, 2026

🚨 JAPAN JUST DID SOMETHING YOU LITERALLY WILL NOT BELIEVE

Do not get too excited about this $BTC pump…

Japanese bond yields are exploding.

That could pull trillions back toward Japan, unwind leveraged carry trades and drain liquidity from global risk assets.

The IMF… pic.twitter.com/f23Mp5Y7hf

— Coinvo Trading (@CoinvoTrading) August 19, 2026