Stock Market LIVE Updates | Japan's Nikkei drops 1% on Uniqlo owner tumble, Wall Street slide 

Japan's Nikkei share average dropped 1% on Wednesday, weighed down by a fall in heavyweight Fast Retailing, owner of the Uniqlo store chain, and overnight declines on Wall Street.

Tech stocks tracked a slide among U.S. peers, but a powerful quake that rocked Taiwan had only a limited impact on Japanese chip shares.