WHEN Prologis built Japan’s first logistics centre in 2002 — offering inventory management, storage and distribution services — potential clients and lenders told the company to invest in malls or apartments instead.

TOKYO (AFX-ASIA) - Share prices closed lower in line with the steep falls on NASDAQ Friday, but were well off their lows near the close on positive comments from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Shizuka Kamei, dealers said.