Nikkei retreats as investors lock in gains ahead of holiday <!-- no image --> <div>Japanese stocks slipped on Tuesday as investors booked profits after a sharp gain in the previous session, though a raft of solid corporate earnings and strong forecasts helped cap losses.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=zTzMDlGcpf4:q-96Sxa0bA0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=zTzMDlGcpf4:q-96Sxa0bA0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=zTzMDlGcpf4:q-96Sxa0bA0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=zTzMDlGcpf4:q-96Sxa0bA0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=zTzMDlGcpf4:q-96Sxa0bA0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/zTzMDlGcpf4" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters