Asian stocks gain on weaker Yen and U.S. stimulus bets

Asia's shares advanced on Wednesday snapping a four-day losing streak on the local benchmark index after the Japanese currency weakened versus the U.S. Dollar together with the country's stocks rising amid carmakers. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index added 0.3% to 141.37 at 2:32 p.m. Hong Kong time, while the Japan's Topix index climbed 0.8%.