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A good chunk of Japanese debt is owned by the central bank; the fancy term for this is "monetary financing" of deficit.
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And it gives you ample room renegotiate this part of your debt (or adjourn its reimbursement sine die) in case the govt goes bust.
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All good primers (& all statistics) on this are irrelevant, due to central banks printing money. You need to look at it case by case.