Tokyo slides on yen woes, leading Asia stocks down

Posted on September 08, 2010 at 05:22 AM EDT

Most Asian stock markets declined Wednesday as renewed concern about the health of European banks hurt sentiment, pushing the yen to a new 15-year high against the U.S. dollar and dragging Japanese shares sharply lower.

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