Tokyo shares opened higher Friday, with its benchmark Nikkei stock index hitting an about five-month high, tracing gains in the overnight U.S. market boosted by an upbeat U.S. job report for June.
At 9:15 a.m., the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average jumped 117.64 points, or 0.77 percent, higher from Thursday to 15,465.93, after hitting 15,490.37, its highest intraday level since Jan. 23.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was up 8.19 points, or 0.64 percent, at 1,286. 78.