Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday following mixed moves on Wall Street, where President Donald Trump’s talk of raising defense spending spurred a rally in military-related shares.
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 gained 1.1% to 51,692,70. Shares of Fast Retailing, the fashion company behind Uniqlo, jumped more than 7% after its quarterly operating profit surged about 34% year-on-year. It revised its full-year forecasts upward.
