The Nikkei index fell 1.7% to 48,669.70 points, following an overnight decline on Wall Street. Analysts at Commerzbank Research said in a research report that the main theme of the market has always been risk aversion, and pointed out that the US stock market fell on Wednesday. AI stocks are once again under pressure after a major investor in a cloud infrastructure company pulled out of a data center project, the analysts said. Among the worst performing constituent stocks in Japan's benchmark stock index, SoftBank Group fell 6.7%, Lasertec fell 4.7%, and Fujikura fell 4.3%.

The Nikkei index fell 1.7% to 48,669.70 points, following an overnight decline on Wall Street. Analysts at Commerzbank Research said in a research report that the main theme of the market has always been risk aversion, and pointed out that the US stock market fell on Wednesday. AI stocks are once again under pressure after a major investor in a cloud infrastructure company pulled out of a data center project, the analysts said. Among the worst performing constituent stocks in Japan's benchmark stock index, SoftBank Group fell 6.7%, Lasertec fell 4.7%, and Fujikura fell 4.3%.