Japanese stocks close higher.

Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Paper and Pulp, Railway and Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.22 percent to hit a new 52-week high. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2018 to 1461 and 283 ended unchanged. The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00 percent to 15.18 a new 1-month low...