Tokyo stocks open sharply lower, Wall Street's plunge weighs

People look at an electronic board displaying stock prices at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 4, 2019. Tokyo stocks opened sharply lower on Friday, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index tracking an equities rout on Wall Street overnight sparked by Apple Inc. lowering its sales outlook and concerns about a global economic slowdown. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)