Japanese shares declined on Tuesday amid misleading news regarding further actions of the ECB. Meanwhile, market participants anticipated existing home sales data from the US due on Wednesday. Fading hopes for monetary stimulus in China also continued to pressurize Japan's stock index. The Nikkei 225 Index lost 0.16% to end the session at 9,156.92. Six sectors within the index advanced. Telecommunication and oil and gas firms were the top-performers. Equities of Softbank and Nippon Telegraph & Telephone increased by 1.43% and 0.53% while Inpex and JX Holding 0.42% and 0.49%. Meanwhile, the top-gainer was Fujitsu, rising by 3.72% after Citigroup raised the company's share rating from ‘neutral' to ‘buy'. The weakest industries were basic materials and utilities, with Asahi Kasei and Kobe Steel dropping by 0.70% and 1.43% while Chubu Electric Power and Tokyo Electric Power sliding by 4.64% and 1.09%.