Asian markets advanced Wednesday on robust earnings from Apple and better-than-expected euro-zone economic data, with stocks in Tokyo ending near a three-month high as the yen weakened on Japan's first annual trade deficit in three decades.

WSJ: Weaker Yen Lifts Tokyo Exporters

Greeks will consider themselves European whether they are in the euro zone or not, said Efthymiopoulos, a former visiting scholar at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

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Financial stocks also advanced after their U.S. counterparts posted gains on hopes for fresh measures to stem the euro-zone debt crisis.

WSJ: Asia Stocks Extend Europe-Fueled Gains