Nikkei surged to a 22-month intraday high in early Tokyo trading Friday on the U.S. Congress\' passage of a bill to avoid the fiscal cliff and the weakened yen. At 9:15 a.m., the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average was up 290.64 points, or 2.80 percent at 10,685.82, a level unseen since March 4, 2011. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was up 25.02 points, or 2.91 percent at 884. 82 in the first session of 2013.