Japan 5-yr, 20-yr JGB yields fall to 10-week lows

TOKYO | Thu Feb 2, 2012 7:22pm EST

TOKYO Feb 3 (Reuters) - The yield on the 5-year Japanese government bond and that on the 20-year bond both dropped to 10-week lows on Friday, tracking U.S. debt following a pledge by the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low for three years.

The 5-year yield was down half a basis point at 0.320 percent, while the 20-year yield also slipped by half a basis point to 1.710 percent.

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