A Japanese flag fluttering atop the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo. Japanese business sentiment worsened for a second straight quarter in the three months to December and will barely improve early next year, a Central Bank survey showed, as the global slowdown and a territorial row with China hit the export-reliant economy.

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