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Tokyo shares closed down 1.44 per cent on Thursday, ending off their earlier lows after the yen retreated from a record high and as investors monitor efforts to avert a nuclear disaster.

The Nikkei-225 index dropped 131.05 points to 8,962.67, giving back some of the gains seen a day earlier when bargain hunters had emerged after two days of heavy selling following the earthquake and tsunami.

Shares in TEPCO, the operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant at the centre of the crisis, finished down 13.35 per cent on Thursday, extending recent heavy losses.