Asian shares made 15-month highs on Tuesday on renewed confidence of U.S. interest rate cuts, while traders waited on a policy meeting in Australia later in the day and had a close eye on a falling yen. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.3% in early trade. Japan's Nikkei gained 1.3% and S&P 500 futures were steady after the cash index logged a 1% rise overnight.