The broader Topix advanced 1.5% to 1,480.62, also its highest close in two months, with all but five of the 33 sector sub-indexes on the Tokyo exchange finishing higher. Highly cyclical air transport, sea transport and iron and steel were the top three performing sectors on the main bourse.
Japan Airlines soared 9.8% and ANA Holdings surged 10.6%. Sumco Corp leaped 5.8% even after the semiconductor silicon-wafer producer reported a 41.2% drop in operating profit for the January-March quarter and forecast a 29.6% fall in the January-June period.