Japan's Nikkei 225 was up 0.3 percent at lunchtime and the broader Topix rose 0.4 percent.
In China, on the contrary, it is down by 0.3 percent in Shenzhen while Shanghai is unchanged.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng is down 0.5 percent. South Korea's Kospi is down by the same amount.
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