 "Nikkei falls in thin trade on caution over earnings")
Tokyo shares dropped on Tuesday, unable to maintain earlier gains, on caution over upcoming Japanese corporate earnings reports and tensions in Ukraine.
The Nikkei average closed down 0.9% at 14,388.77, after rising as much as 0.6% earlier. The broader Topix fell 0.8% to 1,162.50, though trading volume was the second lowest so far this year.
The new JPX-Nikkei Index 400 shed 0.7% to 10,579.99.