The Program was introduced in October 2010, starting off with a size of about 35 trillion yen, and the increased purchases were scheduled to be completed at the end of 2011. Since then, the size of the Program has been increased repeatedly and the timeframe has also been extended.
In September and October 2012, the Bank took bold steps to further increase the size of the Program – each time by about 10 trillion yen respectively. Consequently, the Program has reached the substantial amount  4  BIS central bankers’ speeches  of about 91 trillion yen, and the timeframe has been extended to the end of 2013.