BoJ On Rinse & Repeat, JPY Back From Extremes

Below gives key levels of markets in the second half of the Asia-Pac session:

• Nikkei 225 up 200.23 points at 28144.66
• ASX 200 up 56.583 points at 7469
• Shanghai Comp. down 13.851 points at 3200.652
• JGB 10-Yr future down 12 ticks at 149.03, yield down 0bp at 0.251%
• Aussie 10-Yr future down 0.5 tick at 97.030, yield up 0.1bp at 2.902%
• U.S. 10-Yr future down -0-03+ at 121-19, yield up 1.68bp at 2.4753%
• WTI crude down $1.56 at $104.41, Gold down $0.02 at $1922.78
• USD/JPY down 55 pips at Y123.31
• SCHUMER SETS UP VOTE ON ADVANCING COOK FED NOMINATION TO SENATE (BBG)
• BOJ DEFENDS TOP OF 10-YEAR JGB YIELD BAND AGAIN, TWICE
• JAPAN POLICYMAKERS WARN AGAINST RAPID YEN WEAKENING (RTRS)
• U.S. UNLIKELY TO BACK BOJ FX INTERVENTION (MNI)
• RUSSIA SAYS IT IS PREPARED TO LET KYIV JOIN THE EU (FT)
• SHANGHAI SAYS WILL HAND OUT $22 BLN IN TAX RELIEF TO FIRMS AMID COVID FIGHT (RTRS)