Nikkei falls 1.2 percent as stocks hit across the board
Japan's Nikkei average fell 1.2 percent on Thursday, with stocks hit across the board after a warning from a banking analyst prompted a sell-off in US financial shares.
Japan's Nikkei average fell 0.9 percent on Friday, hurt by broad profit-taking after a rally the day before and as financial stocks tracked their Wall Street peers lower on worries about a widening US foreclosure crisis.