 Just to provide a bit of context, Ito is also touted to be a potential successor to Kuroda for the top job at the BOJ, and he has previously worked closely with Kuroda together at Japans finance ministry and was also Kurodas inspiration for adopting the 2 inflation target in Japan. In an opinion column, he acknowledged the central banks efforts to fix market functionality after having tweaked its yield curve control policy last week: 