TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened 0.22 per cent lower on Friday after three days of gains that pushed the Nikkei index to a 15-year high.
The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell 45.18 points to 20,142.47 at the start.
The lower opening came despite gains on Wall Street.
In New York the tech-heavy Nasdaq exchange hit a new record Thursday, breaking through the old mark set at the peak of the dot-com boom in 2000.





