Tokyo shares closed flat on Wednesday after a string of recent losses stoked by concerns over the global economy and a looming US "fiscal cliff" of spending cuts and tax hikes.
The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange added 0.04 percent, or 3.68 points, to 8,664.73, while the broader Topix index of all first-section shares slipped 0.02 percent, or 0.15 points, at 722.41.

