Japan life insurers set to buy more ultralong bonds on BOJ policy shift

Closely watched JGB investors have plenty of firepower for purchases

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The Bank of Japan's Tokyo headquarters. The BOJ has made its yield curve control more flexible. (Photo by Konosuke Urata)

SATOSHI TEZUKA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan's big life insurance companies are poised to buy more ultra long-term Japanese government bonds, emboldened by the Bank of Japan's move to relax its hold on the high end of the yield curve.

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