Asia stocks follow U.S. peers higher By: MarketWatch August 16, 2012 at 21:57 PM EDT Asian stock markets trade mostly higher, helped by a U.S. rally overnight, with Japan getting an extra lift from a falling yen. Read More >> Related Stocks: Australia & N Z Bkg Daiwa Securities Group Inc Fanuc Corp Honda Motor Company ADR Nissan Motors ADR Nomura Holdings Inc Nomura Holdings Inc ADR Qbe Insurance Group Ltd Samsung Electronics Ltd Santos Ltd Sharp Corp Sony Corp Toshiba Corp