The Bank of Japan said on Thursday it bought 5.95 trillion yen ($40.6 billion) of Japanese government bonds (JGBs) in January.
This is the smallest amount its purchased in a month since June last year.
The BOJ conducts bond-buying operations regularly to contain sharp moves in JGB yields. The smaller amount is good news, at the margin, and is not impacting the yen noticeably.
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