All 33 sector sub-indexes on the Tokyo exchange traded in the red

Sony Corp added 3.27%, while Yaskawa Electric Corp rose 1.98%.

The benchmark Nikkei average finished 1 per cent higher at 21,344.08 points.

Japanese markets were closed April 27 to May 6 for the Golden Week holidays.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index eked out a gain of 0.2 percent to close at 22,259.74 points.

The Nikkei share average ended 2.15 per cent higher at 21,428.39.

The Nikkei share average ended 0.4 per cent lower at 21,726.28, pulling away from Monday's near three-month high.

The Nikkei share average dropped 0.6 percent to 20,649.00 points.

The Nikkei share average shed 0.5 per cent to 20,622.91, after closing at over a one-month high on Monday.

The Nikkei share average added 2.4 percent to 20,038.97, rebounding from a sharp 2.3-percent drop on its first trading session this year on...

The Nikkei share average soared 2.2 percent to 21,602.75 points

Factory automation equipment makers which have large exposure in China soared.

Japan's benchmark index is now down around 7.5 per cent.

The Nikkei share average ended 0.8 percent lower at 22,658.16.

The index has fallen around 8 per cent from a 27-year high of 24,448.07 hit last week.

The Nikkei share average gained 0.3 per cent to 23,940.26

The Nikkei ended 1.2 percent higher to 23,094.67, the highest closing point since early February.