text: Tokyo Stocks Weak, Dollar Hurts Exporters  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average fell 0.69 percent  by mid-afternoon on Thursday as a fall in the dollar further  weakened investor confidence over company earnings, prompting  selling on exporters such as Canon Inc.
inputs: Tokyo Stocks Weak, Dollar Hurts Exporters  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average fell 0.69 percent  by mid-afternoon on Thursday as a fall in the dollar further  weakened investor confidence over company earnings, prompting  selling on exporters such as Canon Inc.