TOKYO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.8 percent on Thursday after U.S. shares posted solid gains the previous day, but concerns over inflation in emerging economies and recent firmness in the yen were expected to limit active buying.
Investors were also refraining from trading actively ahead of the peak of the corporate earnings session.
The benchmark Nikkei was up 0.8 percent, or 78.64 points, at 10,480.54 in early trade.
The broader Topix index rose 0.6 percent to 928.38. (Reporting by Chikafumi Hodo; Editing by Edmund Klamann)