Pedestrians walk past a stock indicator showing stock prices of Japanese companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on May 11, 2018. Tokyo stocks leapt on May 11, led by rallies in high-tech shares, after Wall Street gains outweighed concern about geopolitical risk over US plans to open an embassy in Jerusalem next week. / AFP PHOTO / Kazuhiro NOGI
Tokyo stocks rose for the third straight session on Monday, supported by a weaker yen after China and the United States pulled back from a trade war.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 0.31 percent, or 72.01 points, to 23,002.37, closing above 23,000 for the first time since early February.
But the broader Topix index was down 0.08 percent, or 1.50 points, at 1,813.75.
“Risk-on sentiment has spread as positive factors,…
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