TOKYO, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average rose 1.3 percent on Thursday, moving away from seven-week lows hit this week, after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it would buy more government bonds to boost an anaemic U.S. economy.
The benchmark Nikkei <.N225> gained 122.81 points to 9,282.79.
On Tuesday, it ended slightly higher, after falling as low as 9,123.62, its lowest intraday level since Sept. 9. Japanese markets were closed on Wednesday for a national holiday.
The broader Topix <.TOPX> added 1.2 percent to 812.75, after the index booked its lowest finish in 19 months at 803.12 on Tuesday.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group <8306.T> climbed more than 2
percent after sources that it is in talks to buy the project
financing unit of the Royal Bank of Scotland