TOKYO — A month after an upper house election where parties competed to tout plans for cash handouts and tax cuts, Goldman Sachs Japan President Hidehiro Imatsu, a longtime bond trader, told Nikkei that the bond market will maintain calm for now as the ruling coalition clings to power.
Imatsu sees too much focus on short-term inflation fixes over underlying issues like exchange rates
Goldman Sachs Japan President Hidehiro Imatsu spoke with Nikkei about the state of markets after Japan’s upper house election. (Photo by Manami Yamada)
GENKI IKUTA and RYO SAEKI
August 15, 2025 21:48 JST
