BOJ's conundrum seen deepening as pandemic drags on

Monetary easing forever or until total bankruptcy for all.

I'm baffled as to why this article is in the "politics" section since the bank is a non-political organization.

injecting money (into the economy) has not caused prices to rise

Misleading to call it an "injection," as an equal value of assets (bonds) are removed from the system in the process. This is an exchange or swap of assets, and, hello, that explains largely why prices arent rising much.

 massive asset holdings, which would have to be reduced in future.

Why must they reduced? The bonds can be held to maturity or even cancelled if the govt wishes.

The BOJ is seen as having little room to ease further...

"Seen" by people who dont know any better. They've been saying that for many years and every time, the BOJ finds lots more "room" for easing.

Interesting that the BOJ is described as a policy trendsetter, although in the same article it’s pointed out that its operations have failed to achieve the stated objectives.

But at least the government is bankrolled and shareholders are in the black!

Playing with numbers are for babies. Dealing with reality is the bottom line.