A TV cameraman sets up a camera at Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo,Friday, May 18, 2012. Asian stocks dived Friday after discouraging U.S. economic reports unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country euro currency union. Japan’s Nikkei 225 tumbled 2.4 percent to 8,660.23 as signs of weakness in critical export markets battered some of the country’s behemoth manufacturers.
A security man walks past an electronic board at Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Friday, May 18, 2012. <AP/Newsis>
