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Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com HON G KO NG, March 29 (Reuters) – Japanese shares led gains in Asian stocks on Tuesday as the Bank of Japan (BOJ) defended its ultra-easy monetary policy stance, while oil slid on fears of lower demand from China as Shanghai shut down to combat a COVID -19 surge. Japan’s Nikkei (.N225) gained 1.1%, while MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) rose 0.67%, also helped by the first direct talks between negotiators in the Russia-Ukraine conflict in more than two weeks, even as fighting raged on. Futures pointed to...
