Tokyo - Tokyo stocks closed solidly higher on Wednesday, helped by gains on Wall Street and a weaker yen, as investors digested news from the US-Japan summit talks.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 1.42% to close at 22 158.20 while the broader Topix index was up 1.14% at 1 749.67.
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