Japan shares close 0.83% lower
Japanese shares closed 0.83% lower on Wednesday after Wall Street posted its biggest slump of the year amid renewed concerns over Europe's debt crisis.
Tokyo shares close 2.03% higher Updated: 18:58, Tuesday March 19, 2013 Tokyo stocks jumped 2.03 per cent Tuesday as weaker yen helped lift the market after the eurozone told Cyprus to revise a controversial proposal to tax bank deposits as part of a larger bailout deal.