FILE PHOTO: A Japanese flag flutters atop the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo May 23, 2012. Picture taken May 23, 2012. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Tokyo Three major Japanese banks said Monday that they will raise their short-term prime lending rates by 0.25

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