year high on foreign buying 3 Tokyo "It's not only foreigners but also individuals and some domestic financial institutions who are joining in as buyers," said Shigeharu Shiraishi, managing director at Societe Generale Asset Management. "Technically, the market looks ready for a break, but strong demand on any fall is keeping the uptrend intact," he said. Many Japanese shares are still undervalued as the average price to cash flow ratio stands at around 7 in Japan, compared with around 10 on average for the global market, he added. Advantest, the world's biggest maker of chip-testing devices, gained 1 percent to 8,940 yen. Consumer electronics giant Matsushita rose 2.6 percent to 1,926 yen, a four-year closing high. Toyota, the world's No.2 auto maker, was up 0.9 percent at 4,390 yen as the dollar climbed against the yen for a third straight day after U.S. inflation figures provided another signal the Federal Reserve would push ahead with interest rate rises. A higher dollar helps inflate exporters' profits overseas when repatriated into yen. --More 1155 Local Time 0855 GMT