At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan made the following decisions, by a unanimous vote, regarding the Asset Purchase Program (hereafter referred to as "the Program"). (1) The Bank decided to increase the total size of the Program by about 5 trillions yen, from about 65 trillion yen to the 70 trillion yen, with the following changes in its composition. (a) An increase in the purchase of the Japanese government bonds (JGBs) by about 10 trillion yen (b) An increase in the purchases of the exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and Japan real estate investment trusts (J-REITs) by about ... (full story)