Tokyo's main index closes higher by 1.34% at 21,144.48
The optimism about a trade deal between US and China is helping to keep stocks buoyed in the new day and Asian equities are also riding off gains seen in Wall Street overnight for the most part in trading today.
Chinese equities are also posting gains of more than 1%, and the sentiment here should carry over to European trading and keep yen pairs underpinned to start the session.
