The Nikkei ended down 0.23% Wednesday, penalized by concerns about the strong yen and doubts over the sustainability of U.S. economic recovery.
The Nikkei lost 21.63 points to 9,278.83 and the broader TOPIX, sold 2.9 points (0.35%) to 829.35.
While studies suggest that the Chartists fall posted recently by the Japanese stock markets draws to a close, the lack of enthusiasm shown by the indicators U.S. leaves investors hungry.
The other major concern is the expectations raised by the publication Friday of the test results of resistance experienced by 91 European banks.
For values, trading companies sector has experienced a painful session after the publication of an article revealing that Daiwa Securities Nikkei was likely to report a loss for the period April to June due to instability markets after the crisis of European sovereign debt.
Daiwa Securities dropped 3.46% and its rival Nomura Holdings fell 3.81%.
Pason Group meanwhile plunged 5.77%, the investment group of employees who predicted an annual loss due to the hardness of the labor market.
President Nicolas Sarkozy has decided to keep Anne Lauvergeon at the head of Areva, said Tuesday radio France Info.
Rumors evicting Anne Lauvergeon circulating since the beginning of the year, partly because of dissension in the camp and the French nuclear setback in late 2009 with the loss of a major contract in the UAE.
The decision by the Head of State was expected. In late May, a government source had told the Echo that "exception error on his part brilliantly, it will remain until the end of its mandate" in July 2011.
Anne Lauvergeon has been appointed for the first time as President of the Executive Board of Areva in July 2001. His mandate was renewed in July 2006 and expires in one year.
The NYSE has finished lower on Thursday, several economic indicators are below expectations come stoke fears of a slowdown in the recovery.
The market, however, finished above its lowest sitting through purchases on the cheap.
The Dow Jones yielded 0.42% to close at 9732.53 points.
The S & P 500 is broader, has lost 0.32% to 1027.37 points.
The Nasdaq Composite fell on his side from 0.37% to 2101.36 points.
France is in progress on structural reforms, which implies that there are now fewer risks today than the note of France has deteriorated, said Friday at a Reuters television analyst ratings agency Fitch.
The government of François Fillon has pledged to reduce its deficits and this week announced a reform of the pension system.
Asked if it was less risky than sovereign debt rating lowered or French today than a month or two, David Riley, director of sovereign ratings at Fitch, said: "Yes, well safe ".
"France is much more than it did before, particularly when it announced a stabilization plan and with no details," he said.
A project to reform the French government aims to restore financial equilibrium of pension schemes in 2018, in particular through the gradual increase of 60-62 years in 2018 the legal age of retirement.