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FILE - In this March 18, 2009 file photo, a man walks past the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo. Confidence at Japanese companies improved for the fourth straight quarter, a key central bank report showed Thursday April 1, 2010. In the Bank of Japan's quarterly 'tankan' survey of business sentiment, the main index for large manufacturers stood at minus 14. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)