Battling deflation in Japan: Feeling deflated | The Economist

THE Bank of Japan (BoJ) must feel as if it has a bad case of déjà vu. Three years after the central bank thought it had ended deflation, it has returned. And to fight it, the bank has had to resurrect a policy tool it tried to bury long ago—quantitative easing. If that is not bad enough, the BoJ once again has to deal with a government breathing hotly down its neck.

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”the BoJ once again has to deal with a government breathing hotly down its neck."　breath down one's neck 一挙手一投足を監視する