Asia slips as weak results halt record Wall St run, yen holds gains

By Shinichi Saoshiro and Nichola Saminather TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks dipped on Friday after weak corporate results halted Wall Street's record run overnight, while the yen held to large gains made after the Bank of Japan governor downplayed the need for "helicopter money" stimulus. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.4 percent. Shares in Taiwan, Indonesia and Thailand all closed at their highest levels in at least a year on Thursday.