Asian stocks mostly higher, weak yen boosts Tokyo

Asian markets mostly rose Tuesday, with Tokyo boosted by a weaker yen while dealers await the release of major earnings reports as well as key central bank policy meetings in the United States and Japan. Tokyo added 0.63 percent and Shanghai put on 0.18 percent, while Hong Kong put on 0.17 percent and Seoul was flat. The broad gains came despite losses on Wall Street, where profit-takers moved in after Friday's record closures for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. Japan's Nikkei was the stan