Live news: Japan stocks rebound after US says it would start tariff talks

Japanese stocks rebounded at the open on Tuesday in the wake of Monday’s historic sell-off after the US said would start trade negotiations with Asia’s second-largest economy.

The country’s Topix benchmark rose 6.2 per cent in early trading while the Nikkei 225 index climbed 5.5 per cent.

On Monday the Topix plummeted 7.8 per cent after a weekend during which the Trump administration gave no indication of backing down from its sweeping new tariff regime.

But on Monday afternoon, US…