TOKYO, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – Tokyo stocks fell Thursday
morning as a stronger yen overshadowed a fifth successive record close on Wall Street.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.62 percent, or 119.62 yen, to
19,318.36 by the break, while the Topix index of all first-section issues
slipped 0.39 percent, or 6.07 points, to 1,547.62.