for more let's go to ramin mellen guard. what do you have for us this morning? >> investors for japanese shares are also very concerned, not only about the ebola crisis, but also slowing global growth, as well as developments in the middle east. but let's have a look at how the nikkei and topix are kicking off this wednesday. let's not forget the nikkei was down 2.4% yesterday. we're seeing a little bit of a comeback right now. but we're still below the 15,000 level. we'll see how that develops throughout the morning, the broader topix slightly higher, up a third of a percent. analysts i've been speaking to are asking whether the sudden fall we've seen recently is merely a correction after many shares hit their year's high back in september. or whether it's a sign of worse to come. given the slow pace of growth in china. also, eurozone's economy, especially germany's is showing further weakness. here in japan many investors continue to wait and see when the government pension investment fund will begin to allocate more funds into stocks. now, today, japanese wel