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"The Tokyo exchange's first section has recovered about 20trillion yen in market capitalisation in the past seven days, andthat will lift risk tolerance further." In active trade, the Nikkei .N225 climbed 158.40 points to9,239.24, its highest finish since Nov 5. It booked its firstseven-day winning run since March 24-April 3 in 2006 The broader Topixrose 1.4 percent to 888.25. Although the market welcomed the news about tax breaks forforeign investors, some said the market impact could be limited. "Considering that about 28 percent of Japanese shares areowned by foreigners, I don't think there'll be a bigger flow offoreign funds coming into the market on this move," said MasaruHamasaki, a senior strategist at Toyota Asset Management Co Ltd. The dollar on Tuesday hit its highest against the yen sinceDec. President-elect Barack Obama will help the world's largesteconomy emerge from recession sooner than other industrialisednations.

Shares of Japanese regional banks including Bank of Yokohama(8332.T) gained after the Mainichi newspaper said the governmentis looking at a plan to inject public funds into 40 or moreregional banks, whose capital bases are being hurt by rising badloans amid the financial crisis. ID:nT323819 CARMAKERS CLIMB, TECHS GAIN Investors scooped up beaten-down sectors such as automakers,one of the poorest performers last year, amid improving riskappetite after a panic-ridden 2008, in which the benchmark Nikkeibooked its worst year ever with a 42 percent tumble. Shares of Honda soared 11 percent to 2,210 yen, while ToyotaMotor Co (7203.T) jumped 4.9 percent to 3,200 yen and NissanMotor Co (7201.T) shot up 9.7 percent to 374 yen Tech shares climbed after their U.S. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index .SOXX rose 5.1 percenton Tuesday.Canon Inc (7751.T) surged 11.5 percent to 3,310 yen and SonyCorp (6758.T) jumped 8.7 percent to 2,305 yen. Bank of Yokohama, Japan's largest local lender, gained 3.3percent to 530 yen.

Midsize lender Aozora Bank (8304.T), whichdoes business with many regional banks, rose 2.5 percent to 83yen Tokyo Tomin Bank (8339.T) gained 8.3 percent to 1,496 yen. Among other notable stocks, Sharp Corp (6753.T) jumped 12.6percent to 897 yen, after it said it would bring forward thestart of a new domestic solar cell plant to the end of this yearto meet growing demand worldwide for green energy to counterglobal warming. Ricoh Co Ltd (7752.T) advanced 7 percent to 1,297 yen afterCredit Suisse upgraded the stock to "outperform" from "neutral"and raised its target share price to 1,400 yen, saying firmnessin the North American market could counter earnings concernsabout its subsidiary Ikon. After the close, Japan's second-largest retailer Aeon Co Ltd(8267.T) slashed its earnings outlook and said it may post itsfirst annual net loss in seven years, hit by flagging sales, awritedown at U.S. Trade was active on the Tokyo exchange's first section, with2.8 billion shares changing hands, compared with 2.2 billionshares on Tuesday Advancing stocks outnumbered declining ones, 995 to 620.

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