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Tokyo stocks closed lower Wednesday as renewed worries over rate hike plans in the United States weighed on the market ahead of a meeting of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming this week, AFP reported.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index ended down 0.49 percent, or 139.28 points, at 28,313.47 while the broader Topix index fell 0.22 percent, or 4.26 points, to 1,967.18.