TOKYO (AFP) – Japan's central bank kept its super-low interest rates unchanged Thursday and defied political pressure to take new steps to beat stubborn deflation in the world's second-largest economy. The Bank of Japan held its benchmark rate steady at 0.1 percent, where it has been since December 2008, saying reversing a slump in consumer prices was a critical challenge. "Japan's economy is picking up mainly due to...
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