"People want to wait and see if Draghi will talk about bond purchases for nations with fiscal woes such as Spain"
- Ryuta Otsuka, a strategist at Toyo Securities Co.
Japanese stocks were little changed on Tuesday.
The Nikkei 225 retreated 0.06%, or 5.93 points, to 9,464.71, while the broader Topix lost 0.09%, or 0.74, to 803.09.
"People want to wait and see if Draghi will talk about bond purchases for nations with fiscal woes such as Spain," said Ryuta Otsuka, a strategist at Toyo Securities Co. in Tokyo.
"The retail sales report confirmed the strength of personal spending. The foundation of the U.S. economy isn't weak even though recent economic data have been mixed."
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