Pedestrians walk past an electronic board showing stock indexes in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 30, 2013. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average climbed 247.23 points from Tuesday to 11,113.95, or 2.28 percent, its highest closing level since April 27, 2010. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was up 13.91 points, or 1.51 percent, at 934.67. (Xinhua/Kenichiro Seki)
