Asia stocks mostly higher, but Japan lags By: MarketWatch August 20, 2012 at 21:31 PM EDT Asian stocks trade mostly higher, although Japanese machinery firms and shares of Sharp weigh on the Tokyo market. Read More >> Related Stocks: Chevron Corp Daiwa Securities ADR Fortescue Metals Group Ltd Fujitsu Ltd ADR Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd Komatsu Ltd ADR Mazda Motor Corp Nintendo Ltd-Ord Nomura Holdings Inc ADR Royal Dutch Shell Plc ADR Samsung Electronics Ltd Sharp Corp Toyota Motor Corp Ltd Ord ADR Woodside Energy Group Ltd