TOKYO: Tokyo shares opened lower Monday despite positive economic growth numbers as market attention stayed fixed on tension between the United States and North Korea.

Investors largely shrugged off government data showing Japan's economy grew 1.0 percent in the three months from April to June, marking the longest economic expansion in more than a decade.

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