Japan stocks slide 4% ahead of Trump’s ‘liberation day’

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TOKYO — Japanese stocks tumbled 4% in Monday morning trading, as investors grew jittery ahead of a fresh round of U.S. import tariffs expected this week.

The benchmark Nikkei Stock Average lost up to 4.1%, or 1,545 points, less than half an hour into the session. The broader Tokyo Stock Price Index (Topix) also slid as much as 4%.



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