Asian stocks fell, with Japanese shares trading lower as the yen strengthened a day after the Bank of Japan opted to hold off on fresh monetary stimulus until next year.

Nikkei 225 10,486.99 -222.94 -2.08%

Hang Seng 23,635.1 -23.89 -0.10%

S&P/ASX 200 4,787.83 +8.75 +0.18%

Shanghai Composite 2,320.91 +5.77 +0.25%

Nissan Motor Co., an automaker that gets about a third of its revenue from North America, dropped 2.8 percent in Tokyo.

LG Household & Health Care Ltd., a maker of household products, slumped 7.5 percent in Seoul after forecasting 2013 operating profit that fell short of expectations.