
Koji Sasahara
A man walks past the share prices board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. Japan's Nikkei 225 tumbled 187.65 points, or 2.0 percent, to end the Thursday morning trading session at 9,105.20. Asian stock markets are lower after a host of bad financial news sent stocks tumbling in the U.S. and Europe. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)