Tokyo stocks rose Wednesday morning following positive U.S. consumer confidence data and Japan's April trade data, which shows signs of recovery.
The benchmark Nikkei-225 index gained 135.99 points, or 1.46 percent, from Tuesday to 9,446.80.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was up 10.37 points, or 1.17 percent, to 894.14.
Major gainers include securities and real estate issues, while decliners were led by coal and oil issues.
Japan's export decline has shown signs of slowing down in April for the second straight month, lifting investor's sentiment and offsetting the jittery sent by the nuclear tests of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
On the First Section, advancing issues outnumbered declining ones 814 to 719, with 166 others remaining unchanged.
Exporters got a boost from the dollar's recovery to the 95 yen range, the average rate assumed by most Japanese firms for this fiscal year's earnings. Sanyo Electric jumped about 7 percent, or 15 yen, to 229 yen.
Value leader Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group rose 13 yen, or over 2 percent, to 623 yen, while volume leader Toshiba gained 6 yen, or about 2 percent, to 344 yen.
Trading volume on the main section came to 2,172.92 million shares, up from Tuesday's 1,930.47 million.
The TSE's Second Section index was up 5.34 points, or 0.27 percent, to 1,998.51 on a volume of 29.26 million shares. On the Osaka Securities Exchange, the near-term June Nikkei 225 index futures contract was up 90 points to 9,430.
Source: Xinhua
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