Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa expressed caution Friday over a surge in the yield on the key government bond.
With the yield now at the highest it has been since May 2002, the government must take steps to stem further rises, Shiokawa said.
The yield of the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond briefly rose to 1.4 percent Friday morning.
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