Japanese Market Extending Gains Into Sixth Day TOKYO (dpa-AFX) - The Japanese stock market is sharply higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Nikkei index breaching the 30,000 mark earlier, as investors continued to buy cyclical stocks on prospects of a stimulus-driven global economic recovery getting brighter. The cues from Wall Street overnight was also positive The benchmark Nikkei 225 Index is advancing 187.04 points or 0.63 percent to 29,954.01, after touching a high of 30,026.40 earlier. Japanese shares closed slightly higher on Monday. Market heavyweight SoftBank Group is gaining more than 2 percent and Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing is adding more than 1 percent. Among automakers, Honda is edging up 0.4 percent, while Toyota is losing almost 1 percent.