Japan's key bond yield turns negative for 1st time

Japan's key bond yield turns negative for 1st time

A financial data screen in Tokyo shows on Feb. 9, 2016, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond having turned negative for the first time ever. Investors continued to buy the debt after the Bank of Japan said in late January it would adopt a negative interest rate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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