The IMF puts Japan’s debt at roughly 240% of GDP, but an antiausterity movement there argues now is the time to borrow more
The case for more aggressive deficit spending in the world’s third-largest economy rests on some confounding facts.
Japan is issuing 10-year government bonds at a negative interest rate, meaning it gets paid by its lenders. Thanks in part to a long period of low rates, only about 5% of central and local government revenue is going to interest payments. Inflation is also very low.
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