REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
A man looks at share prices displayed outside a brokerage in Tokyo June 6, 2006.
The Nikkei opened up 0.34% in Monday trading to kick off a big week in markets.
Australia's ASX 200 is up 0.46%.
Korea saw an ugly PMI report to start its day, but its Kospi index is shrugging it off and is basically flat.
We've got a bunch of manufacturing data coming up Tuesday, and of course non-farm payrolls Friday.
Happy Labor Day.