Japan&#39;s Nikkei 225, Topix Drop; Canon, Honda, Nissan Decline
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell 138.20, or 1.3 percent, to 10,718.93 at 9:02 am in Tokyo. The broader Topix index lost 12.
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The Nikkei average fell 0.62 percent on   Wednesday as Softbank Corp. 9984.T and Yahoo Japan Corp.   4689.T declined on a bearish broker report from Credit   Suisse, while recent gainers such as Canon Inc. 7751.T also   came under pressure.
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Japanese stocks fell, sending the Nikkei 225 Stock Average and Topix index to their biggest losses in a month. Exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp.
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Share prices closed broadly lower in Tokyo overnight, led by declines in commodity price-sensitive stocks. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell for the first time in four trading days, closing down 77.
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Tokyo stocks dipped Monday morning as investors took profits from recent gains. The US dollar was down against the Japanese yen. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues fell 24.
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The Nikkei average fell 1 percent by midsession on Tuesday as auto makers declined following a rise in crude oil to another record high, and as the yen&#39;s rise against the dollar stoked concern over exporters&#39; earnings.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei 225 share average in morning trade retreated further from last week&#39;s seven-year closing high, beleaguered by a sense that Japanese stocks may be overvalued compared with those of other large share markets.
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The Nikkei average fell 1.2 percent by  midsession on Friday as broad-ranged selling was prompted by  Thursday's fall on Wall Street due to concern about high oil  prices.
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The Nikkei share average was down 1  percent in early trading on Friday, with investors taking their  cue from the Dow Jones industrial average, which fell to its  lowest close in five weeks on concern about high oil prices.
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Japan's Nikkei ended down half a percent  on Friday as caution set in ahead of U.S. jobs data and banks  and drug firms succumbed to profit-taking.
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Japan's Nikkei average slipped 1.11 percent on Wednesday to its lowest finish in nearly two weeks, hurt by a tumble in U.S. stocks and a stronger yen by offering to buy a further 25 percent stake in the ailing chip maker for $1.25 billion.
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Asian stock markets closed mostly lower Monday, with prices falling in Tokyo on profit-taking. Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues shed 77.
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Japanese stocks opened lower on Tuesday  following a decline in U.S. stocks, with technology issues  leading the decline after chip maker Elpida Memory Inc. cut its  profit outlook for the year.  The Nikkei average lost 0.25 percent to 11,261.62 by 1901 EST  and the broader TOPIX index was down 0.15 percent at 1,137.42.
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Japan's Nikkei average fell around 0.8  percent by mid-afternoon on Tuesday after industrial output  data sapped investor appetite for tech issues and profit-taking  hit recent gainers such as Nippon Steel Corp.
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Japan&#39;s stock benchmarks fell, paced by companies tied to overseas sales such as Kyocera Corp. and Canon Inc., as a drop in US shares underscored concern earnings growth in the world&#39;s largest economy is slowing.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei average slipped 1.11  percent on Wednesday to its lowest finish in nearly two weeks,  hurt by a tumble in U.S. stocks and a stronger yen by offering  to buy a further 25 percent stake in the ailing chip maker for  $1.25 billion.
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The Nikkei lost 1 percent on Thursday as stocks such as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. fell after disappointing earnings at U.S. firms, while Sony Corp. issued a profit warning after the close.