Tokyo stocks open lower

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A businessman walks past an electric quotation board flashing the Nikkei key index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in front of a securities company in Tokyo on January 23, 2017. Tokyo stocks opened lower on January 23 with a strong yen pushing exporters down while investors waited to see details of the new US president's economic policies. / AFP PHOTO / TORU YAMANAKA
A businessman walks past an electric quotation board flashing the Nikkei key index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in front of a securities company in Tokyo on January 23, 2017. Tokyo stocks opened lower on January 23 with a strong yen pushing exporters down while investors waited to see details of the new US president’s economic policies. / AFP PHOTO / TORU YAMANAKA

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened lower on Monday with a strong yen pushing exporters down while investors waited to see details of the new US president’s economic policies.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.99 percent, or 189.64 points, to 18,948.27 in the first few minutes while the Topix index of all first-section issues was down 1.04 percent, or 15.89 points, to 1,517.57.

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