Business sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers in June plunged to its lowest in more than a decade due to the economic fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic, posting a decline for the sixth straight quarter, the Bank of Japan's Tankan survey showed Wednesday.The key quarterly index measuring confidence among companies such as automobile and electronics makers plummeted to minus 34 from minus 8 in March, against the average forecast of minus 31 in a Kyodo News poll, the lowest reading since June 2009.The global spread of COVID-19 has forced many manufacturers to temporarily halt…READ FULL ARTICLE
