Japan’s Nikkei plunges 9.4 percent on crisis fears

A passerby looks at the electronic stock board in front of a Tokyo brokerage Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008 as Japan’s stock market plummeted 9.4 percent _ its biggest one-day drop in 21 years. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index nose-dived 952.58 points to 9,203.32, a five-year low. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)TOKYO (AP) - Japan’s stock market plummeted [...] continue reading world news