S.K. Lines advancing 7.6%, and Nippon Yusen K.K. climbing 3.6% in Tokyo, while Hanjin Shipping Holdings added 2.1% in Seoul.
Among energy plays, Woodside Petroleum gained 1.9% in Sydney, Inpex rose 1.6% in Tokyo and Cnooc climbed 1.1% in Hong Kong.
Panasonic Corp. bucked the downward trend in Tokyo, gaining 0.6%, after a Nikkei report said that the company plans to significantly downsize its TV operations over the three years, from fiscal year 2013.
At the time of this posting (late Sunday night, central time) the Nikkei index was down more than 6% and shares of Tokyo Electric were off 24%.
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The effect of the softer yen in Tokyo pushed the Nikkei up 2.6% to 12283.62 on Friday, a seventh day of gains and its highest close since Sept. 10, 2008, just before the collapse of Lehman Brothers during the height of the global financial crisis.
Asahara Shokou faces murder charges, but Tokyo's pulsing megalopolis of 11.6 million people still wonders whether it could assuredly guard against a well-planned act of mass terrorism.
In Tokyo, shares of Elpida Memory Inc. rallied 6.6% after the Yomiuri Shimbun said the chip maker would seek a capital tie-up with U.S. firm Micron Technology Inc.
The yen gained against the US dollar on the news from the Cabinet Office, while Tokyo's main Nikkei 225 stock index opened 1.6% higher.
Exporters and companies with global business interests benefited, with Toyota Motor climbing 2.6% and Nikon jumping 4.3% in Tokyo.
With more than 50 data centers in the Tokyo area alone, JDCC members are burning through 5, 000 to 6, 250 gallons of fuel every hour.
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China Merchants Bank fell 2.6% and Bank of Communications lost 2% in Hong Kong while Tokyo-listed Shinsei Bank fell 5.2%.
Sony shares dropped 4.5% to their lowest level in seven weeks in Tokyo today after the company upped the total number of affected accounts to 101.6 million.
TOKYO, Japan -- World number one Roger Federer blasted past Germany's Benjamin Becker 6-3 6-4 to reach the final of the Japan Open on Saturday.
At 6:30 p.m. a train from Shinjuku station, one of the busiest in Tokyo, was packed with people rushing home before a possible blackout.
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