Japan Markets

A money trader works at a dealing room at a foreign exchange firm where the U.S. dollar was being traded at 83.64 yen, in Tokyo, on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index dropped 181.61 points, or 2.0 percent, to 9,044.39 to close the morning session. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)