Japanese stocks move higher.

Japan stocks were higher after the close on last 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 gained 0.44percent. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1920 to 1508 and 265 ended unchanged. The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00percent to 21.06. Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.11percent or 0.06 to $52.60 a barrel. Elsewhere in...