Asian shares rise on tentative bounce in crude oil

By Lisa Twaronite TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian share markets rose on Tuesday, taking their cue from gains on Wall Street after a strike in Kuwait helped spark a recovery in crude oil prices. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.5 percent. Japan's Nikkei stock index was up 3.4 percent in early trading, a day after it plunged by that same percentage as investors assessed the impact of earthquakes in southwestern Japan's Kyushu on manufacturers' supply chains.