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I guess the word danchi has different meanings in different areas of Japan. In Hiroshima at least, it refers to a residential area (mostly standalone houses) especially on a hillside or hilltop, nothing to do with the government.
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It's nice a cool when you lay down ... but it's not magic, it heats up as you lay on it like any other sheet. Still it's probably better than nothing.
I would guess a 0.09% return on 10 years for JGBs is better than holding cash in most banks in Japan (although I haven't gone searching for the best rates available for savings accounts).Butterball wrote: ↑Sat Mar 13, 2021 4:14 pm Holding bonds is getting closer and closer to holding cash (for Japanese bonds it's worse!).