Overview
- Alphabet sold ¥576.5 billion in yen bonds, the largest deal ever by a non‑Japanese issuer.
- The offering spanned seven tranches, and the five‑year slice of ¥200.5 billion priced 50 basis points over the mid‑swap benchmark, equal to 0.5 percentage point.
- Maturities ranged from three to forty years, with coupons roughly 1.97% to 4.60%, according to an underwriter on the deal.
- The yen debut continues a roughly four‑month borrowing push that has raised nearly $60 billion to build data centers and other AI hardware.
- Foreign companies have stepped up yen bond sales this year, with non‑Japanese issuance rising more than 280% to about ¥1.6 trillion.