Equities markets in Tokyo were lower on Monday.
The Nikkei 225 was 2.22 percent lower to 15,764.97.
The Topix index dropped 2.04 percent to 1,525.22 and the Mothers market was down 4.13 percent to 675.71.
The real estate sector was again instrumental in the declines as it fell 4.2 percent as a whole.
Sumitomo Realty & Development (TYO: 8830) was 4.5 percent lower to ¥3,160 and Mitsui Fudosan (TYO: 8801; NAS: MDSFF) dropped 4.7 percent to ¥2,550.
The financial services sector also saw declines once again.
Broker Nomura Holdings (TYO: 8604; NYSE: NMR; SGX: N33) was down 3.3 percent to ¥1,827, its lowest in almost two years.
Banks were mixed, however.
While Mitsubishi UFJ (TYO: 8306; NYSE: MTU) was 2.8 percent lower to ¥1.03 million, Tokyo Star Bank Ltd. (TYO: 8384) gained 14 percent to ¥334,000 on reports that Advantage Partners might be interested to the tune of ¥410,000 per share.
Among export-focused sectors, the electronics sector was lower on broker downgrades.
Consumer electronics and entertainment giant Sony (TYO: 6758; NYSE: SNE) dropped 6 percent to ¥5,300 after CLSA dropped its recommendation from “buy” to “underperform”, while camera manufacturer Canon (TYO: 7751; NYSE: CAJ) fell 3.7 percent to ¥6,050 on a downgrade from “overweight” to “underweight” from HSBC Securities (LSE: HSBA; NYSE: HBC; Euronext: HSBC; SEHK: 005).