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Richard Yetsenga is chief economist and head of research at ANZ Banking Group in Sydney.
Japan's first interest-rate increase in 17 years has not moved mountains. But it was not all symbolism, either. The Bank of Japan's historic decision last month brought the world's longest zero interest-rate policy to an end and validated a decade of structural change in the country's economy.
