so — are they following suit? mariko 0i is following the story for us in singapore. any movement from the bank ofjapan this time? nope, no surprises from the bank of japan. this time? nope, no surprises from the bank ofjapan. it has wrapped up its monetary policy meeting and it continues to keep its cost of borrowing very low. and it remains keeping the stimulus packages in place. unlike the ecb, the european central bank, which surprised the market overnight for us, being very about the cost of borrowing really effective in the us dollar versus the euro overnight. and the bank of japan, even though the governor can be known with his surprise announcements today. there were no surprises at all. in terms of the inflation target, japan has been suffering from deflation. but inflation was lower slightly. but other than that, nothing new. good to see you there in our asia