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A shop clerk, right, explains a product to a customer, left, at a dry fish store at a fish market in Tokyo, Tuesday, April 8, 2014. Japan's central bank has refrained from expanding its ultra-loose monetary policy despite a sales tax hike, saying the economy is recovering moderately. The Bank of Japan's policy statement Tuesday was the first since an April 1 increase in the sales tax, to 8 percent from 5 percent, that is expected to stall economic growth in coming months as consumers adjust to higher costs. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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BOJ refrains from further easing monetary policy

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Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, center, reviews an honor guard during a welcome ceremony with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, at Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo Monday, April 7, 2014. Abbott is on a four-day official visit. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
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Australia, Japan agree on free trade deal

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In this Jan. 28, 2014 photo, Japanese government-funded laboratory Riken Center for Development Biology researcher Haruko Obokata, the lead author of a widely heralded stem-cell research paper, speaks about her research results on stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP) cells during a press conference in Kobe, western Japan. Scientists at the institute said Tuesday, April 1, that discrepancies in research published in January in scientific journal Nature stemmed from image manipulation and data fabrication. They said Obokata had manipulated or falsified images of DNA fragments used in the research. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
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Japan lab says stem cell research falsified

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Climate change responses to shape Asia’s future
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Climate change responses to shape Asia’s future

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In this March 27, 2014 photo, a customer looks at a product at a bargain sale prior to the tax hike at a supermarket in Shin-Urayasu. Japanese retailers are luring customers with promises of steep discounts ahead of a sales tax hike Tuesday, April 1, that economists expect to slow but not derail the recovery of the world's third-largest economy. Japan's sales tax will rise from 5 percent to 8 percent. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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Japan raises sales tax, balancing debt, growth

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Costs of climate change steep but tough to tally
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Costs of climate change steep but tough to tally

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In this Thursday, March 27, 2014 photo, a customer, right, chats with a shop clerk at a bargain sale at a supermarket in Shinurayasu, near Tokyo. Japanese household spending fell 1.5 percent in February from a year earlier, suggesting consumers are tightening belts ahead of an April 1 hike in the country's sales tax. The government also reported Friday, March 28 that core consumer prices rose 1.3 percent in February, though a large share of the increase was due to rising energy costs. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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Japan family spending falls before sales tax hike

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Construction crunch slows Japan tsunami rebuilding
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Construction crunch slows Japan tsunami rebuilding

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In this Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 photo, people look around a clothing store in Tokyo. Japan's consumer price index rose 1.3 percent in January and factory production also climbed, suggesting the recovery in the world's third-largest economy is holding steady ahead of an April 1 tax hike. A raft of data released Friday suggest the economy may need still more help in weathering the 3 percent tax increase in April as many economists forecast a contraction will follow as consumers and businesses adjust to higher costs. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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Japan economy holds steady as tax hike looms

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US-led trade deal talks to carry on to next round
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US-led trade deal talks to carry on to next round

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