TOKYO, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average rose 1.1 percent on Thursday, lifted by short-covering after successful bond auctions in Portugal and Poland helped ease worries about Europe's debt problems and pushed up U.S. and European stocks.
The benchmark Nikkei <.N225> rose 95.94 points to 9,120.54. It lost 2.2 percent the previous day and fell as low as 8,997.63, back towards a 16-month low of 8,796.45 hit on Sept. 1.
The broader Topix <.TOPX> added 0.9 percent to 827.95. (Reporting by Aiko Hayashi; Editing by Chris Gallagher)