Tokyo’s Nikkei Share Average Opens Up 0.5% at 8,787.97

But weakens later on concerns about slowing global growth outweighing expectations that the ECB will act soon to help deeply indebted euro zone states . Nikkei at 8,757.52 now down 0.3%- rtrs.

USD/JPY on the highs of the session at 78.33/35.