Tokyo slumps as yen strengthens, Toshiba plunges again

Tokyo slumped Thursday as the yen strengthened against the dollar while Toshiba's stock plunged for the third straight day. Overall, Japanese stocks saw their biggest drop in more than a month Thursday after a 1.3 percent fall, following a negative lead from Wall Street and the yen climbing more than one percent against the greenback. Other major markets were mixed, with Hong Kong edging up and Shanghai drifting marginally lower by the close.