Fifth, the Bank took unprecedented measures to secure the stability of the financial system, including purchases of stocks held by financial institutions. You may find the striking similarities between the policy measures formerly taken by the Bank of Japan and those currently taken by central banks in major countries.
I never imagined that a host of unconventional measures taken by the Bank of Japan would be adopted by other central banks just a few years later. I also guess that my colleagues at central banks in other countries never imagined employing such policy measures.