Reuters monthly Japan Tankan: October manufacturers' sentiment: -26 (prior -29)

And the service-sector index -16 in October vs September -18

The monthly Reuters Tankan tracks the Bank of Japan's tankan quarterly survey.

The sentiment index for manufacturers in October rose for the fourth straight month

• has been negative for 15 straight months

Manufacturers expect conditions to recover to -17 in January

• Non-manufacturers expect sentiment to -10 in January.