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Tokyo stocks closed lower on Wednesday in cautious trade, tracking Wall Street losses as markets awaited Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s address for clues on the direction of monetary policy, AFP reported.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.21 percent, or 58.85 points, to 27,968.99 while the broader Topix index slipped 0.37 percent, or 7.40 points, to 1,985.57.