Japan markets still awaiting US election result

Japanese benchmark Nikkei 225 rose on Thursday as investors continued to wait for result of United States presidential election. Nikkei 225 followed U.S. market that also rose as investors hoped next president would soon be determined.

Democrat Joe Biden won battleground prizes of Michigan and Wisconsin on Wednesday, reclaiming a key part of "blue wall" that slipped away from Democrats four years ago and dramatically narrowing Republican President Donald Trump's pathway to reelection.

A full day after Election Day, neir candidate h cleared 270 Electoral College votes needed to win White House. But Biden's victories in Great Lakes states left him at 264, meaning he was one battleground state away from crossing threshold and becoming president-elect.