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Tokyo - Tokyo stocks opened higher on Wednesday, rebounding from the previous day's sharp drops on news of US-China trade talks and Britain's announcement of a draft exit deal with the European Union.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which ended down more than 2.0% on Tuesday, rose 0.51% or 111.27 points, to 21 921.79 in early trade while the broader Topix index was up 0.56% or 9.19 points at 1 647.64.

Overnight drops on Wall Street were small, giving investors some relief, said Makoto Sengoku, market analyst at Tokai Tokyo Research Institute.

"Yesterday's heavy selling (in Tokyo) was partly out of fears that New York would take another plunge but it didn't turn out that way," he told AFP.

Investor sentiment also picked up on London's announcement of a draft Brexit deal, he said.

Investors were further cheered by news that US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will discuss deteriorating trade relations on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit later this month, Sengoku said.

"The worst-case scenario is that the two nations wouldn't talk, so their talking is not bad news," he said, while noting it was too early to buy actively before seeing real progress.

Financial markets hardly moved on Japanese government data that showed the world's third largest economy shrank in the third quarter, as widely expected, after a string of natural disasters hit consumer spending and exports.

The dollar edged up to ¥113.90 from ¥113.82 in New York on Tuesday afternoon.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group jumped 1.815 to ¥678.6 after the major bank announced a large share-buyback scheme.

IT investor SoftBank Group rallied 2.99% to ¥9 200 after reports said it would up its investments in co-working company WeWork.

Reports cited WeWork as saying SoftBank would put $3bn into the company.

Petroleum explorer Inpex meanwhile fell 2.22% to ¥1 233 on sharp drops in oil prices.

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