Japan's Minister for Consumer Affairs Masako Mori tries a piece of bread as she inspects an Ito-Yokado shopping centre after a sales tax hike in Tokyo April 1, 2014. Big firms expect to increase capital spending only modestly, the BOJ's tankan quarterly survey showed on Tuesday, reflecting uncertainty over how much a sales tax hike that kicked off on Tuesday could hurt a fragile economic recovery. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS)