Asia stocks jump, with Japan in lead By: MarketWatch August 07, 2012 at 21:17 PM EDT Asia stocks jump, with Japan leading the surge, as investors buy up resource companies, among others. Read More >> Related Stocks: Advantest Corp Ampol Ltd Eneos Holdings Inc Fortescue Metals Group Ltd Iluka Resources Ltd Inpex Holdings Inc Intel Corp Jfe Holdings Inc Newcrest Mining Ltd Nikon Corp Oil Search Ltd Ord Paladin Energy Ltd Pioneer Corp Ord Sharp Corp Sony Corp Telstra Group Ltd