1.   Japanese stocks fell on concerns a weaker dollar will further tarnish earnings at exporters such as Hitachi Ltd. that have already forecast lower profits, traders said.

2.   Japanese stocks fell on concern a weaker dollar will further tarnish earnings of exporters such as Hitachi Ltd. that are forecasting lower profit growth, traders said.

3.   Japanese stocks traded little changed as concern a stronger dollar could tarnish profit growth at raw materials importers such as Nippon Steel Co. offset a gain in automakers.

4.   Japanese stocks fell on concerns a weaker dollar will further tarnish earnings at exporters such as Toshiba Corp. that have already announced lower profit forecasts, traders said.