Pedestrians walk past an electronic share price board in Tokyo on May 25, 2010. Japanese stocks closed down 3.06 percent, hitting their lowest level since November 30 amid concerns about the eurozone debt crisis and rising geopolitical tensions around North Korea. The headline Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange dropped 298.51 points to 9,459.89, while the Topix index of all first-section shares fell 20.19 points, or 2.29 percent, to 859.82. AFP PHOTO/Kazuhiro NOGI