The Bank of Japan on Monday upgraded its economic views on two of the nation’s nine regions, helped by a steady recovery from a massive earthquake earlier this year and increased car production following the recent vehicle certification scandal. In its quarterly Sakura report, the central bank lifted the assessments of quake-hit Hokuriku in central Japan and the Tokai region centering on Nagoya. “The economy has begun to recover moderately, although the effects of the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake have been observed in part,” the report said, referring to the area hit by the magnitude 7.6 qua…