Asian shares and the euro gained modestly on Monday, relieved after Greece came a step closer to securing a much-needed bailout fund and avoiding a messy default, although most of the recent optimism

Temperature readings at one of the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors have risen above Japan's stringent new safety standard but there was no immediate danger, its operator said on Sunday.

Tokyo Ele

Struggling Japanese entertainment giant Sony will not abandon its cash-bleeding television business, its incoming CEO says, but he acknowledges tough decisions lie ahead including over redundancies.

The euro and shares pulled back on Friday as investors kept a cautious view over Greece's debt restructuring prospect, after Athens struck a long-awaited deal on fiscal reforms, paving the way for sec

Three of Japan's biggest electronics companies are to join forces in a chip-making venture, reports said on Wednesday, days after a swathe of dire results from a sector struggling to compete globally.

A number of musicians around the world have been posting on the Internet, video performances of a tune dedicated to the victims of the March 11 tsunami and earthquake disaster in northeastern Japan.

Attempts to find five workers missing in an underwater tunnel at a refinery in western Japan were suspended on Tuesday due to poor visibility that posed a risk to rescue divers, police said.

Live TV

Japan's Mitsubishi Motors is to stop manufacturing automobiles in Europe by around 2013 as it shifts its focus to emerging markets, reports said Monday.

Under the plan, which would be the first withd

Toyota Motor said Friday it aimed to sell 9.58 million units worldwide in 2012 after losing its number one spot in the global carmakers' league last year.

Last week, Japan's largest carmaker said it

Japan's Panasonic on Friday warned it would see its worst-ever net loss of 780 billion yen ($10.2 billion) for the year to March, blaming the strong yen, flooding in Thailand and acquisition costs.

T