Nikkei up 1.5 pct, climbs further above 16-mth low

TOKYO, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average rose 1.5 percent on Thursday, moving further away from a 16-month low touched the previous day, after U.S. and Chinese manufacturing data eased investor worries about the global economy.

The benchmark Nikkei <.N225> gained 135.82 points to 9,062.84. It rose 1.2 percent on Wednesday, after falling as low as 8,796.45, its lowest since April 2009.

The broader Topix <.TOPX> climbed 1 percent to 819.42. (Reporting by Aiko Hayashi; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)