Japan’s National Business Corporate Pension Fund (Okayama City) has announced plans to allocate approximately 1% of its assets to cryptocurrency starting in fiscal year 2026. The move makes it the first domestic Japanese corporate pension fund to invest in digital assets — and frames the allocation not as a speculative bet, but as a currency diversification tool amid growing concerns over the US dollar’s reserve status. The fund manages approximately 21.3 billion yen ($140 million) on behalf of more than 20,000 members from around 1,200 small and medium-sized enterprises. Its…
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