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Tokyo stocks flat by noon; eyes on US-N. Korea tensions

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks were flat Thursday morning after a sell-off the previous day sparked by fears over United States-North Korea tensions, while Japanese cosmetic giant Shiseido surged on upbeat earnings. Global markets tumbled Wednesday as US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un ratcheted up their confrontational rhetoric, with the nuclear-armed North rolling out a plan to launch missiles towards the US Pacific territory of Guam. Trump had stunned the world […]