Tokyo stocks down 0.43% by break
Tokyo stocks fell 0.43 percent Wednesday morning after ending their longest winning streak in 27 years the previous day, hit by losses on Wall Street and a firmer yen.
The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange slipped 88.28 points to 20,454.91 by the break, while the Topix index of all first-section shares eased 0.31 percent, or 5.18 points, to 1,669.03.