The policy board of the Bank of Japan (BoJ) has extended its asset purchase programme by ¥5 trillion ($61.9 billion). This will include the purchase of another ¥10 trillion of Japanese government bonds (JGBs), ¥200 billion of exchange-traded funds and ¥10 billion of Japan real estate investment trusts.

The BoJ will also reduce the maximum outstanding in its fixed-rate, funds-supplying operation against pooled collateral with a six-month term by about ¥5 trillion, "taking into account the recent