Japan debt-servicing cost to rise 17% to record in next fiscal year, Kyodo reports

A picture illustration shows Japanese 10,000 yen notes featuring a portrait of Yukichi Fukuzawa, the founding father of modern Japan, August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao/File Photo 25 Aug 2026 03:50PM TOKYO, Aug 25 : Japan's finance ministry is expecting its debt-servicing cost to rise 17.1 per cent to a record 36.6386 trillion yen ($229.94 billion) in the next fiscal year starting from April because of rising interest rates, Kyodo News reported on Tuesday.($1 = 159.3400 yen) Source: Reuters Advertisement Also worth reading Advertisement