Business sentiment among large Japanese companies in the April-June period hit the lowest level in 11 years amid fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, a government survey showed Thursday.The confidence index covering firms capitalized at 1 billion yen ($9.3 million) or more plunged to minus 47.6 from the previous quarter's minus 10.1, for the third consecutive quarterly decline, the joint survey by the Finance Ministry and Cabinet Office showed.The index was the lowest since the first quarter of 2009 when it came to minus 51.3 amid the global financial crisis following the collapse of Lehm…READ FULL ARTICLE
