Japan's Nikkei 225 rose to 63,000 points, up 2.00% intraday.

WTO says Brazil has filed a dispute settlement complaint against the United States over recently imposed tariffs.

Optical-communications sector remains under pressure; Xinyisheng shares fell 16.43% to 352.00 yuan by the morning session close, with half-day turnover of 24.4 bln yuan and a turnover rate of 5.17%. The company said production and operations are proceeding in an orderly manner, the internal and external operating environment has not materially changed, and there are no undisclosed material matters.