it was a similar thing for eating and drenging. the sales were down about 5%. family restaurants were slightly up. managers saw fewer customers. although, each individual had a bigger bill on average. let's get a look on the markets. japanese started on a sluggish note due to uncertainty in overseas market t. benchmark fell to the lowest levels in two weeks. our business reporter gives us the details from the tokyo stock exchange. >> many investors were worried about china's economy after the data shows profits at the country's industrial firms dropped in june. the nikkei closed down more than 0.9% at 20,350. the broader topic fell about 1%. cautious traders had sectors which recently had been strong. shares for the pharmaceutical official tumbled 4.4% and shionogi is down 4.2%. investors are awaiting the outcome of the u.s. federal reserve policy meeting which ends on wednesday. so we do not expect an interest rate hike this month. financial institutions send few changes in monetary policy saw declines as well. shares of sumitomo mitsui financial group fell.13