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TOKYO - Japanese share prices closed up 1.00 percent Monday, on a weaker yen and despite data that showed Japan's current account surplus for April shrank by more than half from a year earlier.
The benchmark Nikkei-225 index rose 97.62 points to 9,865.63. The broader Topix index of all first section shares gained 10.33 points, or 1.13 percent, to 926.89.
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