HONG KONG: Asian markets rose on Monday (Sep 8), with Tokyo closing higher after Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's decision to resign pushed down the value of the yen. Investors were also digesting weak United States jobs data , while crude prices climbed after eight key members of the OPEC+ alliance said they had agreed to again boost oil production. Tokyo's Nikkei index closed up 1.5 per cent, with Japanese exporters benefiting from a slide in the yen's value - one dollar bought 147.82