Japan's 10-year gov't bond yield at 30-year high

The yield on the latest issue of 10-year Japanese government bond (JGB), the benchmark long-term interest rate in the country, has reached a new high in nearly 30 years.

The yield on 30-year JGB climbed to 2.81 percent, marking the highest level since October 1996.

Local media held that the yields were driven up by the factors of the situation in the Middle East and the fiscal policies of the Japanese government.

Japan's 10-year gov't bond yield at 30-year high

Japan's 10-year gov't bond yield at 30-year high

Tens of thousands of migratory birds have recently settled at a wetland and surrounding lakes in Tongbai County of central China's Henan Province.

Egrets, cattle egrets and night herons are now breeding and raising their young there, with most chicks already hatched.

Thanks to improved ecological conditions in recent years, the area, with its abundant aquatic resources, has become an ideal habitat for nesting and foraging.

Tens of thousands of migratory birds nest, breed at wetland in Central China