<a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Masaaki+Shirakawa&family=editorial&specificpeople=5103203 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Masaaki Shirakawa</a>, governor of the Bank of Japan, speaks during a news conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, March 7, 2013. The Bank of Japan rejected a call for an immediate start to open-ended asset purchases in Governor <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Masaaki+Shirakawa&family=editorial&specificpeople=5103203 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Masaaki Shirakawa</a>'s final meeting before a new leadership takes over at the central bank. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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