 "Tokyo: A man looks at an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Friday on optimism about U.S.-Chinese talks on ending a tariff war.")
Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Monday, with tech shares tracking a plunge in their Wall Street peers, while investors were also cautious ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting and Japanese earnings season getting into full swing.
The Nikkei dropped 0.55% to 27,371.11 as of the midday break, with startup investor SoftBank Group being the biggest drag on the index, slipping 3.13%.
Online game company Nexon dropped 3.62%, while Sony Group retreated 2.35% and Nintendo lost 2.21%.
The broader Topix fell 0.54% to 1,916.76, with the growth share index tumbling 0.96%, compared with a 0.14% loss for the
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