Tokyo - Tokyo markets continued to rise in morning trading Tuesday after Wall Street's overnight surge, sending Japan's benchmark Nikkei Average up nearly 4 per cent.

Tokyo - Tokyo markets opened higher Tuesday after the Wall Street's overnight surge, sending Japan's benchmark Nikkei Average up more than 3 per cent.

Tokyo - Asia-Pacific stocks soared Monday after South Korea announced a more than 130-billion-dollar package to stabilize the country's financial sector.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average was up 3.59 per cent at 9,005.59 while its broader Topix index of all first-section issues gained 3.7 per cent to close at 927.37.

The market for Asia's largest economy was also buoyed by speculation that corporate earnings reports would beat analysts' expectations.

The biggest percentage increase of the day was seen in Hong Kong, where the benchmark Hang Seng Index closed up 5.28 per cent, buoyed by a general rebound in stocks across Asia.

Tokyo - Japan markets opened up Monday, largely over reports that company earnings may not be as bad as expected.

The Nikkei 225 Stock Average rose 72.64 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 8,766.46 at 9:36 am local time. The broader Topix index climbed 8.62, or 1 per cent, to 902.91.

Sony Corp advanced 2.3 per cent, while Panasonic Corp climed 6.6 per cent. Japan's biggest steelmakers - Nippon Steel Corp and JFE Holdings - were expected to boost annual earnings targets.

Tokyo - Tokyo stocks climbed Friday after an overnight surge on Wall Street to end trading up almost 3 per cent as investors bought back shares battered by the previous day's losses.

The Nikkei 225 Stock Average jumped 235.37 points, or 2.78 per cent, to close at 8,693.82.

The recovery came after Japan's benchmark index plunged 11.41 per cent Thursday to 8,458.45, the biggest one-day drop in 21 years, after New York markets plummeted the day before.

Wall Street recovered some of its losses Thursday with the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average up 4.68 per cent, the Standard and Poor's 500 Index up 4.25 per cent and the Nasdaq Composite Index up 5.49 per cent.