Tokyo stocks close higher as yen falls

• Tokyo stocks closed higher on Tuesday, helped by an easing in US-China trade tensions and the yen's decline, as investors shrugged off a Japanese survey that showed business confidence falling again.

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed higher on Tuesday, helped by an easing in US-China trade tensions and the yen's decline, as investors shrugged off a Japanese survey that showed business confidence falling again.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.59 percent, or 129.40 points, to 21,885.24 while the Topix was up 0.96 percent, or 15.20 points, at 1,603.00.