JAPAN-STOCKS

A woman walks past an electric stocks board showing the Nikkei key index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in front of a securities company in Tokyo on November 4, 2011. Tokyo stocks rose 1.28 percent November 4 morning, given support by a European interest rate cut and expectations that Greece will drop its plan to hold a referendum on a European rescue package. AFP PHOTO/Toru YAMANAKA