Japan's shares fall as Abe increase sale-taxes

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Japanese stocks dropped on Wednesday pushing the local benchmark index down as investors weighed sale-tax hikes and a $51 billion monetary stimulus plan announced by the country's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Japanese Topix index decreased 1.5% to 1,175.16 at close in Tokyo following a 0.5% advance earlier on Wednesday trading session.

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