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The hacking group claimed responsibility for crashing Shinzo Abe’s official website and threatened to take it down if Japan continued to kill whales.

Low petroleum prices are hurting capital spending and inflation prospects, raising questions about global growth.

U.S. solar capacity is on track to nearly double by the end of 2016 to 41,000 megawatts as solar developers rush to tap a fading federal tax incentive.

China’s foreign ministry said that the deployment of P-8 Poseidon spy plane amid South China Sea tensions did not serve the long-term interests of countries in the region.

The two deals, in Japan and South Korea, could fetch the company billions of dollars amid investor pressure to shed risks associated with lending businesses, according to reports.

Chinese imports fell for a thirteenth month, hurting commodity-linked stocks and currencies around the world.

Japan dodged recession with the release of its revised third quarter GDP figures as more companies are heeding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s call for increased capital expenditure. Correspondent Meg Teckman reports.

Major U.S. industries are unenthusiastic about the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. So Congress seems unlikely to quickly approve it.

A U.S. defense official said that similar deployments in Singapore were likely to become common occurrence every three months, according to a report.

Exports were down for the fifth straight month in a fresh sign of challenges facing China's economy, though a drop in imports slowed in November.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been trying to boost growth since coming to power in 2012.

Japan shares rose as much as 0.1 percent after the government revised third-quarter economic growth upward.

China has been building up its land claim in the South China sea, adding military-grade airstrips.

A move to OLED displays would allow Apple to ditch the backlight used in traditional LCD screens.

Expect plenty of commentary regarding Square's decisions.

The new option can net PlayStation players savings of over 50 percent compared to one-month and three-month subscription options.

The Australian government criticized Tokyo's "deeply disappointing decision" to resume the controversial hunt, just days after a Japanese whaling fleet left for Antarctica.

The government is scheduled to release revised third-quarter GDP data Tuesday and economists expect a small expansion.

The U.S. reported 211,000 new non-farm jobs in November, and revised October new jobs data upward to 298,000.

More than 2,400 American lives were claimed on Dec. 7, 1941, when the Imperial Japanese Navy struck Pearl Harbor, bringing the U.S. into World War II.

The New York Times has run two pieces highlighting the prevalence of gun violence in the U.S., one of which was the first front-page editorial in over 90 years.