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Tokyo stocks up by break, Japan railway skyrockets on debut

TOKYO, Oct 25, (APP/AFP) – Tokyo stocks rose Tuesday morning as a fall in the yen boosted exporters, while Kyushu Railway surged in its trading debut, after one of the year’s biggest initial public offerings. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.62 percent, or 106.73 points, to 17,341.15 by the lunch break, while the Topix index of all first-section issues was up 0.60 percent, or 8.15 points, to 1,375.76.