tokyo jan 28 reuters  japanese government bond yields edged higher on friday with those on 10 20 and 30year securities reaching 11month highs as investors fretted about the effects of a faster pace of us monetary policy tightening the 10year jgb yield rose 1 basis point to 0165 the 20year yield ticked up 05 basis point to 0550 and the 30year yield added 15 basis points to 0755 all hitting the highest since feb 26 us federal reserve chairman jerome powell adopted a more hawkish tone on wednesday signalling a first interest rate hike in march and saying the central bank would steadily remove policy accommodation read more in the wake of that investment banks have rushed to revise up calls for rate hikes this year with bnp paribas for example now expecting six quarterpoint increases this year while nomura predicts a 50point move in march read more even if they dont hike by 50 points the probability has increased that the fed could raise rates at every meeting for the rest of this year said a market participant at a domestic securities firm yields look likely to stay elevated at least until the march meeting the twoyear jgb yield was flat at minus 0055 holding at a sixyear high the fiveyear note didnt trade and last yielded minus 0015 it touched minus 0010 on thursday also a sixyear peak benchmark 10year jgb futures rose 004 point to 15079 rising off an eightday low of 15073 touched on thursday trading volume was 15077 lots