Nikkei Plunges 629 Points in Early Trading in #Japan

The index is now below 9,000, at 9:49AM Japan Standard Time. (5:49PM PST)

Hitachi is down 10%. Toshiba is under pressure also.

Live Nikkei chart here.

Bank of Japan is dumping another 5 trillion yen ($61 billion), and likely to provide more liquidity throughout the day although the total will be less than yesterday's 15 trillion yen.

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