Asian shares mostly lower as Bank of Japan meets, China property shares fall

Asian shares were mostly lower on Monday as the Bank of Japan began a 2-day meeting that investors are watching for hints of a change to the central bank’s longstanding near-zero interest rate policy. U.S. futures and oil prices gained. Investors have been speculating for months that rising prices would push Japan's central bank to finally shift away from its lavishly lax monetary policy. But the meeting that ends Tuesday is not expected to result in a major change. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index lost 0.6% to 32,758.98, while the U.S. dollar edged higher against the Japanese yen, rising to 142.17 from 142.11. The BOJ has kept its…