A commuter is silhouetted as he walks past commercial buildings in the central business district of Tokyo, Japan. (Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg)

How Japan (Eventually) Changed the World With Zero Rates

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(Bloomberg) -- Long before the U.S. and Europe embraced radical monetary policies last decade during the global financial crisis there was the Bank of Japan.