Japanese business sentiment ticks up

If this email is not displayed correctly, please click on the following link or open your browser and paste the link into the address field: http://view.ed4.net/v/S4XZQQ/GYBY1V/LAZ95B/3O9UZD/   Breaking news Monday April 01 2013 Breaking News   Japanese business sentiment ticks up The mood among Japan's biggest companies has brightened three months after prime minister Shinzo Abe went all out to reflate the world's third-largest economy. The Bank of Japan's quarterly Tankan report, released on Monday, showed that the key measure of business confidence among large manufacturers rose to minus 8 from minus 12 in December, as a weaker yen improves the outlook for profits. Sentiment was better among large non-manufacturers too, with the headline "diffusion index" rising to 6, from 4 in December. The index is calculated by subtracting the percentage of firms saying business conditions are bad from those saying they are good. http://link.ft.com/r/S4XZQQ/DXJ865/PRAK1O/97OQJL/B4U436/PJ/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=31 Tools Your account    Portfolio Email Briefings    Price alerts Keyword alerts    RSS feeds Subscribe to FT.com     © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2013 ABOUT THIS EMAIL You have received this email because you have signed up from the NBE preference page. FT.com Change Briefings  •   Unsubscribe  •   Change Email Address  •   Forward this email to a friend  •   Privacy Policy  •   About Us  •   Help This email was sent by or on behalf of a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723..