Tokyo - Tokyo stocks closed flat on Friday, shored up by bargain hunting after pessimism from Washington's cancellation of a planned summit with North Korea.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index inched up 0.06% to close at 22 450.79, while the broader Topix index slipped 0.22% to 1 771.70.
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