Asia's stocks slide amid U.S. manufacturing and payroll reports

Asian equities dropped for the second day in a row after payroll and manufacturing reports from the U.S. showed that the world's largest economy is expanding at slower pace and as the Japanese currency added increasing outlook  for Japan's exporters' earnings. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index lost 0.5% to 140.74 at 2:04 p.m. Tokyo time with 5 shares losing for each 3 gaining.