Another China stock sell-off, but like the last time (last Wednesday), Asian stocks / benchmarks including Japan were rather stable, even more so this time around — a welcome relief after the widespread selling in late February.

* Nikkei 225 Stock Average: +14.54 (+0.1%) to 17,973.42
* Nikkei 225 futures Osaka: +60 (+0.3%) to 18,010
* TOPIX 1st Section: +4.96 (+0.3%) to 1,772.84; Advancers 913 x decliners 673 (unchanged 146); new highs 116 x new lows 14
* JASDAQ: unchanged at 81.04