For the Nikkei it's the strong debut for the Japan Post IPOs

The Nikkei is up nearly 2.5%

Now closed for the lunch break

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Meanwhile the Shanghai Composite is +1.7%

Its being helped along by an earlier announcement from head of the People’s Bank of China, Zhou Xiaochuan, that the Shenzen-Hong Kong stock connect scheme will launch this year (following the Shanghai-HK Stock Connect already in operation)