The following stocks were on the move:
**CONSUMER LENDERS FALL AFTER MOODY'S DOWNGRADES**
Shares of ACOM, the consumer finance subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, fell 3.6 percent to 1,028 yen after Moody's downgraded the ratings of the lender to Ba3 and assigned a negative outlook.
Another non-bank lender, Promise, dropped 4.0 percent to 548 yen after the credit ratings company downgraded it to B1 from Ba1, with a negative outlook.
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**ORIENTAL LAND UP AFTER DISNEYLAND REPORT**
Shares of Oriental Land were up 4.9 percent to 6,680 yen after the Asahi newspaper reported that the company's Tokyo Disney Resort could re-open as soon as April 6, after it was closed following the March 11 earthquake.
A spokesman for Oriental Land said no decision had been made on when to re-open the Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo Disney Sea theme parks.
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**HITACHI JUMPS 6.5 PCT ON PLANT RESTART**
Shares of Hitachi rose 6.5 percent to 428 yen after the electronics giant said the previous day it had partially resumed operations at its biggest factory complex, with output expected to return to pre-disaster levels next month. It has also resumed some production at a plant making small and medium-sized liquid-crystal displays.
Hitachi also benefited from gains in the dollar to around 82.80 yen.
0200 GMT
**TEPCO DROPS 17 PCT ON NATIONALISATION CONCERNS**
Shares of Tokyo Electric Power Co plunged 17 percent to 469 yen on concerns the operator of a stricken nuclear plant in northeastern Japan may be nationalised.
The shares had already fallen to their lowest since 1964 the previous day. They had been at 2,121 on March 11, the day northeastern Japan was rocked by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that severely damaged the company's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
0121 GMT
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