Tokyo stocks close down 2.03pc on China crisis

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks fell 2.03 percent to end at their lowest level in more than two weeks Wednesday with China-related shares hit by a territorial spat that has seen Toyota and Nissan cut output in China.

The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 188.84 points to 8,906.70, while the Topix index of all first-section issues fell 2.00 percent, or 15.12 points, to 742.54.