Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was up 1.1% to 20,568.58, while Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.4% to 17,836.90.
But South Korean and Australian shares bucked the regional uptrend with the Kospi index down 0.1% to 1,901.92, and the S&P/ASX 200 index losing 0.4% to 4,992.10.
Shares of Samsung Electronics were up 1.1% despite the tech giant's profit guidance for the fourth quarter missing market expectations.