Asian stocks track Wall St retreat as COVID caseloads surge

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly lower, tracking pullbacks on Wall Street, as worries grow about surging coronavirus cases in the region. Japan was preparing to declare a state of emergency. Shares fell Tuesday in Japan, Australia and China, but were little changed in South Korea. Coronavirus cases keep climbing at frightening rates around the world, threatening to bring more lockdown orders that would punish the economy. U.S. stocks retreated from their recent record highs as big swin