 Japanese stocks fell on Monday as concerns about a spike in new cases of COVID-19 worldwide poured cold water on hopes of a quick recovery from a coronavirus-driven global recession. The benchmark Nikkei average dropped 0.50 to 22,194.99 by the midday break, with real estate, airlines and shippers leading declines. Airlines, one of the hardest-hit victims of the global epidemic, were the biggest decliner among the Tokyo Stock Exchanges 33 industry subindexes as concerns about the virus reared their head. 