Tokyo's Nikkei index up 0.38% by close
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 rose 0.38 percent on Wednesday following two days of heavy selling that saw the benchmark index lose more than three percent.
The Nikkei at the Tokyo Stock Exchange added 64.41 points to finish at 16,819.73, while the Topix index of all first-section shares slipped 0.10 percent, or 1.36 points, to 1,352.02.