Nikkei slips after government report
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The Nikkei average sagged 0.47 percent on  Friday as a government downgrade of its view on private  consumption and exports spurred selling, but Advantest Corp.  and other chip stocks rose, curbing the market's losses.
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Tokyo stocks slipped on Thursday as exporters such as Sony Corp. and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. succumbed to the weakness of the dollar against the yen and gave up some of their gains of the previous three sessions.
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Japan's Nikkei average closed down 0.79 percent on Friday after the government surprised the market with a downward revision to economic growth figures.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average dipped 0.2 percent  by mid-afternoon on Tuesday as growing worries over the  domestic economic outlook hit banks and insurers, offsetting  gains in shipping firms and other companies with bright  earnings prospects.
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Tokyo stocks slipped on Thursday as exporters such as Sony Corp. and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. succumbed to dollar weakness against the yen, giving up some of the gains made during in the previous three sessions.
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Japan's Nikkei share average slipped 0.55 percent in early trade on Monday after a weak U.S. jobs report pushed the dollar down against the yen, hurting the shares of Japanese exporters.
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The Nikkei average inched down by  midsession on Tuesday as investors took a breather from recent  speedy gains that were helped by a better result than expected  in the Bank of Japan's "tankan" survey.
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Tokyo's Nikkei stock average fell 0.38  percent by mid-morning on Wednesday as investors took a  breather from the market's recent rises and sold shares of  gainers such as Sharp Corp.
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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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Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei stock average fell 0.29 percent by midday on Wednesday as investors took a breather from the market&#39;s recent rises and sold shares of gainers such as Sharp Corp.
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Tokyo's Nikkei share average closed  slightly lower on Friday, as lingering disappointment over  recent statistics showing weakness in the economy weighed on  issues such as broker Nomura Holdings
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The Nikkei average dipped 0.37 percent by the close on Wednesday as some major banks, including UFJ Holdings Inc., reversed gains made after Japan&#39;s state turnaround body approved
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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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The Nikkei average fell 1.5 percent by   midmorning on Thursday with blue-chip issues weak amid concerns   over the U.S. economy and Sony Corp. down on a delay in the   European launch of its video game console.
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Tokyo stocks slipped on Thursday as  exporters such as Sony Corp. and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. succumbed  to the weakness of the dollar against the yen and gave up some  of their gains of the previous three sessions.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average edged down 0.18 percent at the opening on Tuesday as its biggest one-day rise in four months in the previous session prompted profit-taking on recent gainers, such as banks and brokers.
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Japan's Nikkei stock average dipped 1.06  percent to a one-month closing low on Wednesday, extending  losses from the day before when poor Japanese industrial output  data put a damper on the economy's outlook.