Japan’s Nikkei index, reflecting the share price fluctuations of 225 leading Japanese companies, fell by 12.4% by the close of the August 5 trading session. Local observers note that this decline occurred amid investor concerns about a possible recession in the United States and the strengthening of the yen against the dollar. At the end of the trading session, the Nikkei index lost 4,451.28 points, dropping to 31,458.42 points. This marks a historical low, surpassing the ‘Black Monday’ crash of 1987, when the Nikkei lost 3,836.33 points during trading. According to Russia’s Tass News Agency, …