Nikkei

Brewer SABMiller soars 20%

Blue chips jump 1.6%

Japan's index sees biggest daily rise since 2008

Easyjet and Glencore big winners

Hideo Shiozumi, manager of the £300m Legg Mason IF Japan Equity fund, expects the Nikkei will rise 50% from its current level to as high as 30,000 over the next few years.

With Japan's corporate governance improvements now underway, Nicholas Weindling, portfolio manager of the JPMorgan Japanese investment trust, looks at how the region can finally begin to close the gap with Europe and the US and improve its tourism industries...

Japan is attempting to resurrect its economy, and bringing with it more tourists and eagerly awaited corporate governance reform, says Genzo Kimura, economist at SuMi TRUST

The FTSE 100 is within sight of its all-time high after closing at its highest level for 15 years on Tuesday.

Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic party has swept to victory again in the snap Japanese election held over the weekend.

Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has told senior politicians he will delay a proposed sales tax rise and call a snap election in December, according to reports.