Tokyo stocks slip below 15,000, 1st in 19 months

Tokyo stocks slip below 15,000, 1st in 19 months

TOKYO, Japan - Passersby watch the price board outside a Tokyo brokerage house Oct. 18 as the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average plunged to close below 15,000 for the first time in 19 months, pulled down by weakness on Wall Street.

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