The Nikkei share average climbed 2.25% to close at 28,569.02, while the broader Topix advanced 2.14% 1,953.33. Both the indexes gained the ...

Nikkei average fell 0.77 per cent to close at 29,538.73. It has been in a holding pattern after hitting a 30-and-a-half-year high in mid-Fe...

Shares of Yaskawa Electric Corp were the biggest decliner on the Nikkei, sinking 5.43% after the industrial robot maker said on Friday it e...

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.

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

Financial stocks lost ground after US Treasury yields weakened.

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 ended 0.2 per cent higher to 21,464.23.

The Nikkei share average ended 1.3 per cent lower at 20,163.80.

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.

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