Nikkei - Newbie Questions

Does anyone here trade the Nikkei? Can you trade this index like you can Dow or S&P through futures contracts? What brokers offer this? I have an account with Mirus Futures and havent even checked to see if I can trade it with them.

Also, it seems that everyday the Dow has a big up or down move, the Nikkei follows. Is this a viable trading strategy?

Check out Interactive Brokers, they have the Nikkei futures. Trading the Nikkei is pretty stable considering it's the Japanese version of our S&P 500 (just 225 instead of 500 companies), hence the huge fluctuations possible to trade on.