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TOKYO -- Japanese equities
      are expected to decline when the 
 market returns from a three-day weekend
      Tuesday, following  
-offs in the West on worsening 
 U.S. business
      sentiment and 
the spread of the new coronavirus outside China. 
       
      The Nikkei Stock Average,  
which closed Friday at 23,386, 
 is sure to slip
      below 23,000.  
Market players are watching  
whether it stabilizes around
      the 
 200-day moving 
 average of 22,193. 
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