REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
The Nikkei opened 0.5% higher. Australia's S&P/ASX200 was up 0.3%. Korea's Kospi gained 0.4%.
U.S. futures were going nowhere.
Brent crude futures were above $115 for the first time in a year.
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