The Tokyo Whale Is Quietly Buying Up Huge Stakes in Japan Inc.

To critics already wary of the central bank's outsized impact on the Japanese bond market, the BOJ's growing influence in stocks risks distorting valuations and undermining efforts to improve corporate governance. Proponents, meanwhile, say the purchases provide a much-needed boost to investor confidence. With the Nikkei 225 down 7.7 percent this year and inflation well below official targets, a majority of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg predict the BOJ will boost its ETF buying -- a move that could come as soon as Thursday.

"For those who want shares to go up at any cost, it's absolutely fantastic that the BOJ is buying so much," said Shingo Ide, chief equity strategist at NLI Research Institute in Tokyo. "But this is clearly distorting the sanity of the stock market."

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