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Japan targeting more 'newcomers' for green debt market
03 February 2025Japan is working on ways to encourage more companies to start using labelled green bonds and loans alongside its plans to "transition" the market from a focus on quantity to quality of deals, according to a senior government official.
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Japan plans updates to transition finance guidelines
30 January 2025Japan is focused on updating its ground-breaking transition finance guidelines in 2025, as it reacts to changes to the international guidance and experience of its landmark sovereign transition bond programme, according to a senior official.
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Japan targets SLL market integrity concerns in latest sustainable finance updates
03 December 2024The Japanese government has updated its green and sustainability-linked bond and loan guidance to better reflect the updated international market principles and try and address two "major concerns" around the sustainability-linked loan (SLL) market in the country.