Asia stocks mostly higher, but Japan lags By: MarketWatch December 10, 2012 at 20:09 PM EST Asia stocks mostly gain after a mild advance on Wall Street, but the Japanese market falls in choppy trade amid weakness for utilities. Read More >> Related Stocks: Bhp Billiton Ltd ADR Chubu Electric Power Fortescue Metals Group Ltd Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group ADR Renesas Electronics Corp Resona Holdings Inc Rio Tinto Plc ADR Samsung Electronics Ltd Sharp Corp Standard & Poors 500 Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings