April 7, 2009
Monetary Affairs Department
Bank of Japan

With the introduction of the Bank's outright purchases of Corporate Bonds, the Bank has established a new item, "Outright purchases of Corporate Bonds", starting from the data for March 2009 released today.

For further information, please contact:
Fujita(Mr.) Tel:+81-3-3277-2082 or Yano(Mr.) Tel:+81-3-3277-3751 Monetary Affairs Department, Bank of Japan