The Nikkei index rose more than it has at any time in the last five years. It moved up 4.3% to 13,626. Sony (NYSE: SNE) rose 4% to 4820. Toppan Printing rose 10.1% to 1111. Toshiba rose 7.1% to 782.
The Hang Seng rose 3.7% to 24,022. China Netcom (NYSE: CN) rose 8.2% to 25. China Petroleum (NYSE: SNP) rose 5.1% to 9.09.
The Shanghai Composite was up 1.4% to 4,552.










