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Tokyo stocks skyrocket on BoJ easing plan

Tokyo stocks skyrocketed on Friday as investors embraced sweeping new monetary easing measures from the Bank of Japan that sent the yen plunging, spelling good news for the country’s struggling exporters.

The scope of the BoJ action on Thursday — including doubling the money supply — took some analysts and investors by surprise, despite expectations of major moves by the central bank in its first meeting under new management.


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