Tokyo: Tokyo stocks closed sharply lower on Monday, weighed down by a strong yen and continued drops in US shares amid US-China trade woes.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped 1.74 percent, or 366.87 points, to end at 20,720.29 while the broader Topix index lost 1.80 percent, or 27.58 points, at 1,505.88.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Press), 2019

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