TOKYO, April 6 (Reuters) - Benchmark Japanese government

bond (JGB) yields rose to a fresh near-three-decade high on

Monday, as investors fretted about inflationary pressures from

the Middle East war while a strong U.S. jobs report reduced

expectations for an early rate cut.

The benchmark 10-year JGB yield rose 2 basis

points (bps) to 2.400%, the highest since February 1999. Yields

move inversely to bond prices.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday ratcheted up pressure

on Iran, threatening in an expletive-laden Easter Sunday social

media post to target Iran's power plants and bridges on Tuesday

if the strategic Strait of Hormuz is not reopened, pushing oil

prices higher.

U.S. nonfarm payrolls grew more than expected last month and

the unemployment rate fell to 4.3%, data released on Friday

showed, bolstering expectations the Federal Reserve will keep

interest rates steady as it assesses growth, inflation and the

economic fallout from the war with Iran.

The five-year yield rose 2 bps to 1.815%.

Other tenors were yet to be traded as of 0022 GMT.