TOKYO: Japan's benchmark 10-year government bond yield was unchanged on Tuesday after a weak outcome of an auction for the five-year notes.

The 10-year JGB yield was flat at 0.015%, while the five-year yield rose 0.5 basis point to minus 0.120%.

A government auction of five-year bonds earlier on Tuesday received bids worth 3.76 times the securities sold, higher than a bid-cover ratio of 3.53 times at the previous auction.

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Still, the market took the response to be weak as the terms were not attractive, while investors were cautious about bidding ahead of another five-year note auction on Sept. 9, a participant said.

Yields on longer maturities rose, with the 20-year JGB yield gaining 0.5 basis point to 0.405%, while the 30-year JGB yield rising 0.5 basis point to 0.650%.

The 40-year JGB yield was unchanged at 0.725%.

The two-year JGB yield was also flat at minus 0.140%.

Benchmark 10-year JGB futures fell 0.01 point to 152.27, with a trading volume of 8,166 lots.