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By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Japanese yen surged on Thursday as monetary policymakers hinted the Bank of Japan (BOJ) may shift away from its ultra-low interest rate plan and a gauge of global stocks rose after three straight declines as investors assessed the latest round of U.S. labor market data. The yen surged 2.27% against the greenback, its biggest one-day jump since Jan. 12, at 144.03 per dollar after Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda added to speculation that the central bank could move away from negative rates by saying policy management would “become even more challeng…