Dollar firms, weaker yen boosts Nikkei

Pedestrians walk past an electronic stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan January 22, 2016. REUTERS/Toru HanaiMoreBy Lisa Twaronite
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares got off to a weak start on Tuesday, pressured by weaker crude oil prices, though Japanese shares got a tailwind as the dollar stood tall against the yen.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan <.MIAPJ0000PUS> was down 0.3 percent in early trading. Wall Street put in a mixed perf