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 [Japan] Oil Search Ltd Ord Paladin Energy Ltd Pioneer Corp Ord Sharp Corp Sony Corp Telstra Group Ltd