Asian stocks outside Japan climbed as Samsung Electronics Co. rebounded from a one-month low. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average dropped for a second day as the yen gained after the Bank of Japan said it will wait until next year to start open-ended asset purchases in pursuit of a 2 percent inflation target.

Nikkei 225 10,709.93 -37.81 -0.35%

Hang Seng 23,658.99 +68.08 +0.29%

S&P/ASX 200 4,779.08 +1.58 +0.03%

Shanghai Composite 2,315.14 -13.08 -0.56%

Samsung Electronics, the first South Korean company to be worth more than $200 billion, rose 1.8 percent, erasing yesterday’s decline to the lowest since Dec. 21.

China Merchants Holdings International Ltd., a container port operator, jumped 9.4 percent after a report that the government of Shenzhen is reviewing the use of land the company co-owns.