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 fiscal 2025 allocation consisted of 80% Japanese yen-denominated assets, 15% US dollar exposure, and 5% other currencies. Under the proposed fiscal 2026 allocation, yen exposure will be reduced to 70%, while developed-market currencies will receive a new 10% allocation. The remaining 5% will be divided among emerging market currencies, gold, and cryptocurrencies.
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