Nikkei opens 1 percent higher
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The Nikkei average rose 1.17 percent on  Wednesday, recovering from a one-month closing low the previous  day as heavyweight stocks such as Fanuc Ltd. (6954.T) led the  market higher following a rally in U.S. shares.
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Tokyo stocks opened higher Friday as investors hunted bargains after losses the day before. The dollar was lower against the Japanese yen.
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Tokyo stocks opened higher Monday following Wall Street&#39;s strength on Friday. The dollar was down against the Japanese yen. The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues was up 56.
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Tokyo's Nikkei stock average rose 1.16  percent by midday on Tuesday as gains on Wall Street and a slip  in crude oil prices encouraged investors to scoop up bargains  after seven straight days of losses.
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The Nikkei average rose 1.24 percent by  mid-morning trade on Monday as a recovery in U.S. stocks  encouraged investors to seek bargains among lagging issues,  including Hitachi Ltd. and other high-tech firms.
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The Nikkei share average rose 0.12  percent to a 7-1/2-month closing high on Tuesday, supported by  gains in financial shares as investors saw chances of more  industry consolidation and on optimism over Japan's economy.
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Tokyo's key Nikkei average rose 1.14  percent by midday on Thursday as gains on Wall Street  encouraged investors to scoop up bargains, including key  technology stocks, following the market's nine previous days of  losses.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose more than 1  percent to a 2-1/2-month closing high on Friday, bolstered by  Wall Street gains and a growing consensus that Tokyo stocks  look cheap compared with the U.S. and other Asian markets.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average was up 0.1 percent  by mid-afternoon on Thursday as a jump in oil prices lifted  resource-related stocks such as Nippon Oil Corp. and earnings  optimism boosted semiconductor shares.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose 1.62 percent  by midsession on Thursday as investors, cheered by a jump in  U.S. stocks, bought a broad range of shares including those  they had avoided recently due partly to doubts about U.S.  demand.
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The Nikkei stock average rose 1.02  percent by midsession on Monday as investors were encouraged to  seek bargains by a recovery in U.S. stocks after crude oil  prices retreated from record highs.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 1.33 percent  by midday on Friday, led higher by banks and insurers thanks to  a higher-than-expected key figure in the Bank of Japan's latest  corporate sentiment survey.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose for the first  time in three sessions to close 0.62 percent higher on  Wednesday after investors found positive signs in revised  Japanese economic growth figures that were sluggish overall.
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Tokyo&#39;s Nikkei average opened up 0.58 percent on Monday with buyers picking up a broad range of stocks after key economic survey renewed hopes over Japan&#39;s economic outlook.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei average rose 0.73 percent at the opening on Thursday as investors bought exporters such as Canon Inc. after a fall in oil prices boosted confidence over the US economy and lifted Wall Street stocks.
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The Nikkei average rose 1.09 percent on   Monday to its highest level in more than three months on gains   in exporters such as Canon Inc. 7751.T after U.S. stocks rose   on a report showing U.S. job growth was slightly stronger than   expected.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average opened 0.59  percent higher on Tuesday as investors sought bargains among  tech firms and exporters, but gains were limited by caution  ahead of a monetary policy meeting in the United States during  the day.