TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street took a breather, with major indexes edging lower. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei and Chinese indexes fell on Wednesday while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 and South Korea’s Kospi rose. Trading in Toshiba Corp.’s shares was suspended after the Tokyo-based technology conglomerate confirmed it had received a preliminary acquisition proposal. Investors are watching progress on coronavirus vaccines after President Joe Biden bumped up his deadline by two weeks, to April 19, for states to make all adults in the U.S. eligible for inoculation. Recent market gyrations mostly reflect varying assessments of the health and speed of the recovery from the pandemic.
