Tokyo shares closed 1.89 per cent higher with the yen weakening after G20 finance leaders gave cautious approval to Japan’s huge monetary easing moves.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 index ended up 251.89 points at 13,568.37, while the Topix index of all first-section shares rose 1.68 per cent, or 18.93 points, to 1,145.60.