The Tokyo Stock Exchange opens the session with a minus sign awaiting the outcome of the Bank of Japan meeting, with analysts anticipating a possible abandonment of negative rates from the current minus 0.1%.
The Nikkei reference price list fell by 0.31% to 39,616.97, with a loss of 123 points.
On the currency front, the yen remained stable against the dollar at 149.10 and against the euro at 162.10.
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