{
  "id": 243245,
  "title": "Japan Sees Rush for Covenant Shelter as BBB-Rated Bond Sales Fly",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/japan-sees-rush-for-covenant-shelter-as-bbb-rated-bond-sales-fly",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-06T23:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-06/japan-sees-rush-for-covenant-shelter-as-bbb-rated-bond-sales-fly"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Japanese companies have already sold more corporate bonds with investor protection this year than in all of 2025, as lower-rated borrowers increasingly turn to the bond market instead of relying solely on bank loans for their funding needs.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}