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Nikei up 0.8%.

Market players said domestic buyers emerged, though whether
they were retail investors or pension funds, which were said to
have supported the market earlier this week, remained unclear.

"The news out of the United States is very bad and, speaking
honestly, the environment now seems completely dark," said Koichi
Ogawa, chief portfolio manager at Daiwa SB Investments.

"But whether it's bargain hunting or what, there is buying,
perhaps on expectations of a technical rebound in New York after
such a swift fall."

Reuters.