Japan big manufacturers' confidence drops to three-year low

Confidence among Japan's biggest manufacturers has dropped to a three-year low, a closely watched survey showed on Friday, the weakest since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's growth blitz, dubbed Abenomics, kicked into high gear in early 2013. The disappointing reading for the Bank of Japan's quarterly Tankan report will heap more pressure on policymakers to unleash another round of stimulus, as evidence of a slowdown in the world's number three economy piles up. The BoJ report showed that sentiment a