A higher open is expected Wednesday for Japan stocks, on the heels of a successful confidence vote in Greek Parliament. Traders also stocks on Wall Street move broadly higher overnight.
Tokyo shares posted gains on Tuesday, as gains by the euro versus the yen helped the exporters.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 average rose 105.34 points or 1.13 percent to finish at 9,459.66.
The TOPIX index of all First Section trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose 8.90 points or 1.10 percent to close at 815.73.
Trading volume was low, totaling 1.602 billion shares.
Advancing stocks outnumbered decliners five-to-one, with 1,308 issues closing higher, 241' lower and 114 unchanged.
Among the major exporters, TDK closed up 3.3 percent after releasing a better-than-expected profit forecast. Automaker Nikon closed up 2.9 percent, Sony edged up 0.2 percent and Mazda was up 2.5 percent.
For the utilities, Tokyo Electric Power closed down 2.9 percent and Chubu Electric Power was up 4.2 percent.
In U.S. trading on Tuesday, the markets moved sharply higher in anticipation of the confidence vote approval by Greek Parliament. At the close, the Dow Jones industrial Average was up 109.63 points or 0.91 percent at 12,190.01, the Nasdaq Composite index was up 57.60 points or 2.19 percent at 2,687.26 and the S&P 500 index was up 17.16 points or 1.34 percent at 1,295.52.
All of the other major Asia/Pacific region markets closed higher on Tuesday.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was up 251.08 points or 1.16 percent to 21,850.59.
The Shanghai Composite index in China was up 26.43 points or 1.01 percent at 2,647.68.
In India, the BSE 30/SENSEX index was up 53.67 points or 0.31 percent at 17,560.30.
Indonesia's Jakarta Composite index was up 65.82 points or 1.76 percent at 3,794.94.
In South Korea, the KOSPI/Seoul Composite index was up 28.52 points or 1.41 percent at 2,048.17.
The Taiwan Weighted Index was up 66.94 points or 0.78 percent at 8,597.62.
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