Japan Shares Up 2 Percent by Midday
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Japanese stocks rose 1.9 percent by  midsession on Monday as a strong performance by U.S.  semiconductor-related stocks gave a push to Japanese peers such  as Advantest Corp. and as banks extended last week's gains.
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Japanese stocks rose by mid-afternoon on  Wednesday as favorable earnings lifted companies including  Mitsubishi Electric Corp. while steelmakers gained on  anticipation of a rise in steel sheet prices.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average was up 0.88  percent by mid-afternoon on Friday, bolstered by gains in  Nippon Steel Corp. and its rivals after firm Chinese growth  data eased concern over a slowdown in one of Japan's biggest  export markets.
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Tokyo stocks rose two percent by Monday  afternoon with shippers, steel firms and auto makers the main  targets for broad buying after a capital spending survey  boosted optimism that economic growth figures will be revised  up.
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Tokyo stocks rose by midday on Monday as  a broad range of issues got a lift from a key survey that  boosted optimism on Japan's economic outlook and raised  expectations that growth figures will be revised up.
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Tokyo's Nikkei share average was up 0.56  percent in early morning trade on Tuesday as another jump in  U.S. technology shares encouraged investors to step up buying  in local counterparts such as Advantest Corp.
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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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Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.37 percent in early trade on Thursday as investors bought exporters such as Canon Inc. after a fall in oil prices boosted confidence over the U.S. economy and lifted Wall Street stocks.
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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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Japanese stocks edged up by Wednesday afternoon, led by gains in firms like Mitsubishi Electric Corp., as solid earnings at some U.S. technology companies soothed worries about the sector's outlook.
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Japanese stocks rose by mid-afternoon on Wednesday as favorable earnings lifted companies including Mitsubishi Electric Corp. while steelmakers gained on anticipation of a rise in steel sheet prices.
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Japan's Nikkei rose 0.97 percent by midsession on Wednesday as a rise in the U.S. Dow Jones average to its highest close in 3    years encouraged the view that Japanese shares are undervalued compared with overseas markets.
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Japanese stocks edged up by Wednesday  afternoon, led by gains in firms like Mitsubishi Electric  Corp., as solid earnings at some U.S. technology companies  soothed worries about the sector's outlook.
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Japan's Nikkei average climbed more than one percent by late Friday afternoon and looked set to hit a 2 1/2-month closing high, with analysts saying the market still looked cheap compared with other Asian markets.
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Japan's Nikkei share average was up 0.64 percent in mid-morning trade on Monday after a fall in the yen helped some exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp.
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Japanese stocks rose on Tuesday on expectations that a Government report later today would provide further evidence of strength in the world&#39;s second-largest economy.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose by midsession  on Friday as optimism over Japan's economic outlook encouraged  buying despite sharp losses in U.S. shares.