Unanimous vote to keep rate unchanged.

Asset buying and lending programme now totals JPY91 trillion, Increases long/term JGBS and Treasury discount bills by JPY 5 trln each

BOJ increases ETFS by JPY0.5 trln, J-REITS by JPY0.01 trln

BOJ’s economic outlook will be released at 0630 GMT ( originally scheduled for 0600GMT), and Gov Shirakawa will give a briefing 15 mins later.

USD/JPY lurches lower on the announcement to fresh lows around 79.33 tripping the earlier mentioned stops through 79.45 before recovering to around 79.55, Nikkei falls back sharply around 1%