these include sumitom sumitomo dainippon pharma, tepco, and ntt. there was a selloff in the financial sector. traders sold shares of banks and brokerages to book profits after recent rallies. sumitomo mitsui, mitsubishi ufj ended lower. the federal reserve kicks off its two-day policy meeting. we may see a relatively calm day on wednesday. i'm phoebe amoroso. >>> investors across the asia pacific region traded cautiously ahead of the meeting. seoul closed the day down 0.3%. in china, the shanghai composite ended flat at 3155. investors remained wary of a crackdown on speculative stock trading by insurance firms. over in sydney, the s&p asx 200 index was down for the first time in six days, falling 0.3%. some traders booked profits from recent gains in energy and resource shares. >>> japanese scientists are teaming up with local firms to design a next-generation cancer treatment machine. the collaboration is betweenen research institute and others. thee project i is called quantu scalp scalpepel. >> transnslator: if we put quanm scalpel technolology