sumitomo mitsui and mitsubishi added 1.8% each. japex rose almost 2%. shares of toshiba climbed 5.8%. they agreed to sell 80% of its stake in home appliance. on friday we'll get the bank of japan quarterly sentiment survey and manufacturing data from china. we'll see how markets react to those figures. >>> it was a mixed day in trading. in china the shanghai composite edged up. many market players avoideded mamaking trades before the pmi data comes out on friday. the s&p/asx 200 climbed 1.4%. some benchmarks retreated from the gains made yesterday. those came after the u.s. fed chair's dovish remarks on rate hikes. singapore fell more than 1%. hong kong's hang seng index edged lowered. investors sold financial sector shares following weak earnings from some major mainland banks. >>> japanese government officials are tearing up a key tourism market and setting up a bigger one. they are doubling their goal for the annual number of foreign visitors by 2020 to 40 million. more than 19.7 million travellers arrived in 2015 setting a record. government officia