TOKYO, May 8 (Reuters) - Japanese government bonds rose on Friday, recouping some of their losses in the previous session amid a global fixed-income selloff.
The benchmark 10-year cash JGB yield fell 2 basis points to 0.410 percent, pulling away from Thursday's two-month high of 0.435 percent.
The 10-year JGB futures price added 0.20 point to 146.97 , after plunging 0.73 a day before, its biggest fall since May 2013.
Solid demand at an auction of 10-year inflation-linked JGBs underpinned sentiment.
The Ministry of Finance sold 499.8 billion yen of the 10-year "linkers," at a lowest price of 107.20, in line with market expectations, though the bid-to-cover ratio of 2.65 was down from 2.97 at January's sale of similar JGBs.
Minutes of the Bank of Japan's April 7-8 rate review released on Friday showed a lack of conviction among policymakers over the strength of the economy, with some members acknowledging that annual consumer inflation might turn negative in coming months depending on energy price moves.
(Reporting by Tokyo markets team; Editing by Kim Coghill)