RPT-Nikkei climbs 2.7% on upbeat earnings reports, gains in U.S. futures <!-- no image --> <div>Japanese shares rose sharply on Monday as some better-than-expected earnings and a rise in U.S. stock futures lifted market sentiment.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=dtcYHt4SfP8:BI5bqhPtZdc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=dtcYHt4SfP8:BI5bqhPtZdc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=dtcYHt4SfP8:BI5bqhPtZdc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=dtcYHt4SfP8:BI5bqhPtZdc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=dtcYHt4SfP8:BI5bqhPtZdc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/dtcYHt4SfP8" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters