chenxun

March 29 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks fell amid concern the nation is struggling to contain a nuclear crisis as potentially fatal radiation levels were detected near a power station crippled after an earthquake almost three weeks ago.

Tokyo Electric Power Co.,shoes Buy nike cheap mens acg sandals black the operator of the stricken nuclear plant, was set to fall for a fifth day, as sell orders outnumbered buys. Fast Retailing Co., Asia’s biggest clothing chain, dropped 1.9 percent. Dentsu Inc., Japan’s largest advertising company, slumped 7.3 percent.

“The issue of radioactive contamination from theshoes Buy nike cheap mens acg sandals black nuclear- power plant just doesn’t seem to settle down,” said Yasushi Noguchi, a strategist in Tokyo at SMBC Friend Securities Co.

The Nikkei 225 Stock Average declined shoes Buy nike cheap mens acg sandals black1.2 percent to 9,369.61 as of 9:02 a.m. in Tokyo. The broader Topix index lost 1.2 percent to 847.24, with about five stocks falling for each that gained. The Nikkei dropped 7 percent from March 11 to March 25, the biggest decline among indexes for the world’s largest equity markets, after the earthquake and tsunami killed more than 10,000 people, razed homes and factories and crippled the Fukushima nuclear-power station northeast of Tokyo.