By Kiyoshi Takenaka

TOKYO (Reuters) -Almost half of Japanese companies regard Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda’s performance positively, outpacing the 30% with negative views of his handling of monetary policy, a Reuters survey showed on Thursday.

Under Ueda, the BOJ last year exited a decade-long, massive stimulus programme by ending a negative rate policy, risky asset purchases and yield curve control (YCC), which caps the benchmark 10-year yield around 0%.

About 47% of respondents hold a positive view of the monetary policy handling of Ueda, who is nearly half-way through his 5-year term, while 27% do not value his performance much and 3% do not simply value it, the survey showed.

“We believe it’s commendable he has managed to put an end to negative interest rates and YCC wit

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