en-us Reuters UK) - The Bank of Japan upgraded its economic assessment on Friday, setting itself up for a confrontation with a government pressing for a policy response to deflation and a possible return to recession.The Japanese government published a report that pronounced the economy officially in deflation...]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:00:34 -0800 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800