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Japanese tech stocks dragged the Nikkei index down to a three-week low.
Jin10 data reported on September 1, the Nikkei 225 index fell to a three-week low on Monday, influenced by last Friday's tech stock dumping in the US, with chip stocks suffering significant declines. As of the lunch break, the Nikkei 225 index was down over 2% to 41,849.82 points, having earlier dropped to 41,843.96 points, marking the first time since August 8. More than half of the Nikkei 225 index's decline was caused by the drop of two heavyweight stocks: chip testing equipment manufacturer Advantest fell 9.1%, while AI-focused venture investor SoftBank Group dropped 6.3%.