The Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced an increase in the amount of purchases of the Japanese Government bonds (JGBs) that have 5 to 10 years remaining until maturity from JPY 430 billion to JPY 480 billion.
Nothing further is reported on the same.
The USD/JPY pair had little impact on the above headlines, keeping its range near 111.80, down -0.9% so far.