Asia Shares Trade Mixed as China Benchmarks Surge While Others Slip TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Friday after a sharp slide for Walmart helped pull Wall Street off record highs. In Japan, where investors were watching currency swings,

Shares sagged Tuesday in Asia as worries over U.S.-China trade friction weighed on the outlook for the region. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 lost 1.1% to 38,336.73 after markets in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Wednesday that other nations do not decide its defence budget after U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for a top Pentagon policy role called for Tokyo to spend more to counter China.

Asian shares were mostly lower on Thursday after U.S. stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish, with the S&P 500 closing just an iota higher. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 edged 0.2% higher to 38,198.96. Hong Kong's Hang Seng sank 0.

Both Tokyo and Manila are longtime allies of the United States, which has been strengthening an arc of alliances to deter China's claims in the Pacific.

Shares opened higher in Europe but sagged Tuesday in Asia as worries over U.S.-China trade friction weighed on the outlook for the region. Dramatically shifting transatlantic

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index lost 2.9% to 37,155.50, pulled lower by plunging prices for shares in technology companies. Computer chip test equipment maker Advantest sank 8.8%, Disco Corp., another equipment maker,

TOKYO -- Foreign investors' demand for Japanese stocks has waned as momentum shifts to European and Chinese shares and as the appeal of Tokyo's corporate governance reforms begins to lose steam.

Japan's finance minister said Tokyo was not taking policies directly aimed at weakening the yen. Read more at straitstimes.com.

US president Donald Trump stated Monday that “Japan, China, and other places are killing their currency,” calling the practice “unfair” and fueling concern that trade-war style tariffs might soon be focused on Tokyo.