The Nikkei skidded 1.3 percent, after the dollar sunk to a two-week low against the yen overnight following Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's decision to delay a sales tax increase.
The statement issued by the council on Wednesday condemned two late-April tests and a failed missile launch by Pyongyang on Tuesday.
The world installed more solar, wind and hydropower in 2015 than in any previous year, even as fossil fuel prices plummeted.
If Britain chooses to leave the EU, its GDP by 2030 could be more than 5 percent lower than if it stays in the bloc, the Paris-based group warned.
The move comes as the United States expands its military presence and strengthens diplomatic ties with claimant countries in the disputed region.
The move, which would help SoftBank cut its debt and boost liquidity, marks the first sale of shares in the Chinese e-commerce giant by its largest shareholder.
Microsoft has confirmed that its email servers are having difficulty preventing spam emails hitting users Outlook and Hotmail inboxes.
The Gotthard Base Tunnel opened after almost 20 years of construction and is set to transform north-south travel on the continent, according to Swiss authorities.
Critics view the delay as a sign the prime minister's "Abenomics" stimulus policies have failed to spur growth.
New orders slumped in May, highlighting renewed weakness in the economy and adding pressure on the government and central bank, a survey showed Wednesday.
The British prime minister’s unlikely association with London’s new Labour mayor makes a break with the EU look less likely.
The tech giant selected VoiceTube, a mobile app for learning English through videos, as its App of the Year.
A $10 million ransom has been demanded by the group holding Japanese freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda in Syria.
The Global Slavery Index 2016, released Tuesday, found that India topped the list with the highest number of people in modern slavery.
The better-than-expected data triggered a brief rebound in the yen that pushed the dollar off its one-month high against the Japanese currency.
Japan has put its anti-ballistic missile forces on alert at least twice this year after signs of launches by North Korea.
Goh Chok Tong, Singapore’s emeritus senior minister, said China's growing presence in the region could result in “a more militarized South China Sea.”
The move is expected to improve internet speed and coverage in the Philippines while leaving room for a third player to enter the market.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan eased 0.25 percent as markets pondered the Fed outlook.
The Fed chair’s rate hike endorsement Friday was just what the currency market was looking for to take the already-bullish dollar yet higher early Monday.
The French finance minister said his earlier statement that “maybe” a key article of the draft bill could be tweaked to compromise, had been misunderstood.
Shinzo Abe reportedly has told the finance minister of the country and the secretary general of his ruling party about his plan to propose postponing the tax hike a second time.
