Are Japan's GX Bonds Good Enough For Driving Sustainability?
This blog is based off of the articles: Mundy, S. (2024). Unloved transition bonds are big in Japan. The Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/ea9c24cc-be8c-4f01-bb59-e80c3c6e4b5d And Yoshida, K. & Temple-West, P. (2025). Investors risk overlooking Japan’s green investment opportunities . The Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/3cd9e83f-166f-49c7-8a97-aa6d09504471 Block 2 Word Count - 763 What Are GX Bonds? In February of 2024, the Japanese government started issuing Japan Climate Transition bonds (referred to as GX bonds), with the goal of supporting their Green Transformation (GX). Exploring this topic, this blog will be based off Financial Times articles written by Mundy (2024) and Yoshida & Temple-West (2025). The GX is Japan's initiative to: "[Transform] the entire economic and social system from an economy, society, and industrial structure dependent on fossil fuels to “structures driven by clean energy” – the aim of the initiat...