Telegraph.co.uk | Asian Shares Higher; China Manufacturing Improves Wall Street Journal Asian markets were higher on Thursday after Chinese manufacturing data came out in expansionary territory, while further softening of the yen pushed Japanese shares to their highest level in more than six months. The dollar weakened slightly against the ... Nikkei hits 6-mth high, Topix 4-mth high, weak yen lifts exporters Topix Heads for Four-Month High as Yen Weakens Past 82 Japan stocks surge as yen extends drop |