Japan Hot Stocks - Tokuyama, Nissan, Nippon Sheet Glass

The benchmark Nikkei average fell 1.8 percent and the broader Topix dropped 1.7 percent on Thursday [Aug. 27].

Nippon Sheet Glass slid 6.7 percent to 336 yen [$3.6]after Stuart Chambers said he will step down as chief executive of Nippon Sheet Glass to spend more time with his family, after a stint of a little more than a year as one of the few foreigners to head a Japanese firm.

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