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Bank of Japan Governor, Masaaki Shirakawa, pictured on April 19
Mandel Ngan
Bank of Japan Governor, Masaaki Shirakawa, pictured on April 19. The Bank of Japan on Friday announced further monetary easing measures in its latest bid to halt the damaging spiral of deflation that has plagued the economy for years.