TOKYO, March 10 (Reuters) - The benchmark Nikkei average rose 0.1 percent and the broader TOPIX edged up 0.2 percent on Wednesday.
The following stocks were on the move:
**NISSHIN STEEL RISES ON PLANNED INCLUSION INTO NIKKEI 225**
Stainless steel maker Nisshin Steel climbs 6.3 percent to 185 yen after the publisher of Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 said on Tuesday it will add the company's shares to the index on March 29.
A new position in the index opened up with the merger of Nippon Oil Corp and Nippon Mining Holdings Inc.
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**TOYOTA DIPS AFTER NEWS OF PRIUS PROBE,EXPANDED TUNDRA RECALL**
Toyota Motor Corp's shares dipped 0.6 percent to 3,475 yen after news that it and U.S. safety regulators sent investigators to San Diego on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier.
The fall in Toyota's shares also came after the carmaker said on Tuesday it would fix all 2000 to 2003 model Tundra pickups sold in the United States due to a risk that part of the truck's frame could corrode, causing spare tyres or the gasoline tank to fall off.
Toyota's shares were the third-most heavily traded by turnover on the Tokyo exchange's first section
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The following stocks were on the move:
**NISSHIN STEEL RISES ON PLANNED INCLUSION INTO NIKKEI 225**
Stainless steel maker Nisshin Steel climbs 6.3 percent to 185 yen after the publisher of Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 said on Tuesday it will add the company's shares to the index on March 29.
A new position in the index opened up with the merger of Nippon Oil Corp and Nippon Mining Holdings Inc.
0113 GMT
**TOYOTA DIPS AFTER NEWS OF PRIUS PROBE,EXPANDED TUNDRA RECALL**
Toyota Motor Corp's shares dipped 0.6 percent to 3,475 yen after news that it and U.S. safety regulators sent investigators to San Diego on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier.
The fall in Toyota's shares also came after the carmaker said on Tuesday it would fix all 2000 to 2003 model Tundra pickups sold in the United States due to a risk that part of the truck's frame could corrode, causing spare tyres or the gasoline tank to fall off.
Toyota's shares were the third-most heavily traded by turnover on the Tokyo exchange's first section
0019 GMT
(Reporting by Tokyo bureau) ((Tokyo Markets Team; tokyo.markets@thomsonreuters.com; +81-3-6441-1872)) ((If you have a query or comment on this story, send an email to news.feedback.asia@thomsonreuters.com))
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