As far as the Tokyo stock market is concerned, things have gone steadily downhill since early this month.
Information and communications issues came under selling pressure in recent weeks, sending share prices plummeting along a broad front.
High-flying Softbank, Hikari Tsushin and other Internet-related shares tumbled, leaving individual investors with considerable losses.
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