Japan's shares slip as Fed signals tapering

Japan's stocks dropped on Friday snapping a six-month streak of gains as the Japanese currency declined and other Asia's markets fell amid expectations that the Federal Reserve may start tapering its bond-buying program soon. The benchmark Japan's index Nikkei 225 advanced more than 1% and closed 0.1% higher and it added almost 10% in last two weeks traded near this year's high at 15,942.