People look at a display showing stock prices in downtown Tokyo
People look at a display showing stock prices in downtown Tokyo March 10, 2009. Japan's Nikkei average fell 0.7 percent on Tuesday as drugmakers such as Astellas Pharma slid among worries about their global competitiveness after Merck proposed to take over Schering-Plough. REUTERS/Michael Caronna (JAPAN BUSINESS)