Japanese stock indices are ending Tuesday's session sharply lower,
although just shy of the worst levels. The markets were lower at the
luchbreak, but extended falls in the afternoon session, weighed by
media reports of further losses at Lehman Bros. The benchmark Nikkei
225 was down 230.97 points, or 1.60%, at 14209.17. The broader-based
TOPIX was down 17.66 points at 1407.44.