Japanese stocks dropped Thursday as traders took profits in stocks that have revived recently. Ahead of revised third quarter economical increase figures due Friday. The U.S. dollar slipped against the Japan yen. On the Tokyo Stock Exchange the benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 301.30 points (or 1.9%), and finish at 15,183.36 points. The index rose to 15,551.31 on Monday. There is its highest finish since 2000. On Friday, traders will be watching the release of revised gross domestic product figures. The government had said, that economy grew at an annual pace of 1.7% in the July-September period. The main automaker Honda Motor Co. fell 1.58% to 6,870 yen (US$56.78) and Kyocera Corp. fell 1.67 % to 8,250 yen (US$68.18). Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. lost 4.90% to 2,230 yen (US$18.43), Canon Inc. fell 0.99% to 6,980 yen (US$57.69), and Sony Corp. fell 2.89% to 4,370 yen (US$36.12).

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