• Nikkei closes at 67.92 pts, 0.35% at 19,476.56.
  
  
• It is weighed by slightly lower USD/JPY but expected to resume uptrend with some longs having pared positions.
  
  
• Pair's fall to 119.29 forced out many longs.
  
  
• Lighter positions led some traders re-set JPY short.