Japan's Nikkei likely to fall on Cyprus concerns
March 25, 2013 at 19:20 PM EDT
TOKYO, March 26 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average is expected to open lower on Tuesday on concerns over the stability of the euro zone's banking system after a senior official said the Cyprus rescue could be a new template to deal with other regional banking problems. The Cyprus deal is forcing depositors and bank bondholders to bear losses, and Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who heads the Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers, said the Cyprus bailout represented a new templ