Japan's Nikkei Stock Average breached the negative trend of Asian stock markets and finished higher on Thursday. Although the Asia overall sentiment was negative on China PMI data and Fed decision, Japanese shares pared losses helped by weaker Yen which sent exporters higher. Nikkei 225 gained 0.82% or 71.76 points and finished at 8,824.07. Honda Motors surged 3.5% after Credit Suisse increased share price target one day after an upgrade done by Nomura.