text: Tokyo Stocks Fall as Tech Issues Sold  TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei share average fell 0.44  percent by mid-morning on Thursday as technology shares such as  Toshiba Corp. followed their U.S. peers lower after a major  U.S. investment bank downgraded its view on the sector.
inputs: Tokyo Stocks Fall as Tech Issues Sold  TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei share average fell 0.44  percent by mid-morning on Thursday as technology shares such as  Toshiba Corp. followed their U.S. peers lower after a major  U.S. investment bank downgraded its view on the sector.