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Official Result (MOF)

Auction Date2026-05-18
Issue Date2026-05-19
IssueJGB (5-Year) No. 185(new)
Coupon (%)2%
Maturity2031-03-20
Methodprice conventional
Offering¥2.5T
Competitive Bids¥6.2T
Accepted Amount¥1.9T
Lowest Accepted Price99.85(2.034%)
Weighted Avg Price99.89(2.024%)
Allotment Ratio
Non-competitive I¥567.3B
Non-competitive II¥157.6B

Source: https://www.mof.go.jp/jgbs/reference/appendix/jgb_historical_data.xls

Offering Terms (from MOF notice) documents →

Official name利付国庫債券(5年)(第185回)
Legal basis脱炭素成長型経済構造への円滑な移行の推進に関する法律(令和5年法律第32号)第7条第1項、情報処理の促進に関する法律(昭和45年法律第90号)第69条第1項及び特別会計に関する法律(平成19年法律第23号)第46条第1項
Coupon dates毎年3月20日及び9月20日
Planned amount¥2.5T
Bid deadline2026-05-18 11:50
Payment date2026-05-19
Non-competitive IIheld
Price terms

Derived Metrics calc auction-v1 / auction-v2

ThisPrevavg (12)minmaxz
Bid/Cover3.223.583.472.964.58-0.59
Tail (sen)44416+0.17
Non-competitive take-up27.3%25.3%
GradeD (score -0.38)(z(B/C) − z(tail))/2 bucketed A(≥1)/B(≥0.3)/C/D(≤−0.3)/E(≤−1), vs last 12 same-tenor
Yield tail (bp)1.00.9

Same-tenor Auction History

3.004.002025-052025-092026-012026-05
Auction DateIssueBid/CoverTail (sen)Avg Yield (%)
2026-05-18JGB (5-Year) No. 1853.2242.024
2026-04-09JGB (5-Year) No. 1843.5841.826
2026-03-11JGB (5-Year) No. 1833.6911.633
2026-02-17JGB (5-Year) No. 1833.1031.640
2026-01-14JGB (5-Year) No. 1833.0851.639
2025-12-09JGB (5-Year) No. 1823.1741.435
2025-11-13JGB (5-Year) No. 1813.3331.245
2025-10-09JGB (5-Year) No. 1813.6961.233
2025-09-10JGB (5-Year) No. 1803.7031.119
2025-08-13JGB (5-Year) No. 1792.9631.056
2025-07-08JGB (5-Year) No. 1793.5420.989
2025-06-19JGB (5-Year) No. 1784.5850.982
2025-05-15JGB (5-Year) No. 1783.1960.980