The quake shook Fukushima where crippled nuclear power plants are located, but local media say there was no tsunami warning.
Reuters
Dec 20, 2014
General Motors has developed contingency plans in case recalls of potentially lethal Takata-made air bag inflators widens.
Reuters
Dec 20, 2014
North Korea’s authoritarian regime has long used its nuclear capabilities to threaten the interests of Washington and its allies in East Asia.
Lora Moftah
Dec 19, 2014
Asian shares enjoyed their best day in 15 months on Friday after Wall Street boasted its biggest two-day advance since late 2011.
Reuters
Dec 19, 2014
Ford expands recall of Mustang and GT models with faulty Takata air bags.
Angelo Young
Dec 18, 2014
The Fed has held benchmark overnight rates near zero since December 2008.
Reuters
Dec 18, 2014
Business sentiment among Asia's top companies rebounded in the fourth quarter to the second-highest level in almost three years.
Reuters
Dec 17, 2014
Customers in Japanese McDonald's restaurants can only buy small-sized fries as the international chain experiences a severe shortage in its U.S. potato exports.
Shuan Sim
Dec 16, 2014
After Japan's economic program "Abenomics" survived elections Sunday, all eyes are now looking ahead to the Fed’s final meeting of 2014.
Jessica Menton
Dec 15, 2014
Fed will decide this week whether to make a critical change to its policy statement that will widen the door for interest rate hikes next year.
Reuters
Dec 15, 2014
Disclosures from the internal documents have caused turmoil at the studio, a unit of Japan's Sony Corp.
Reuters
Dec 14, 2014
Takata has had problems with ensuring consistent quality standards from suppliers in the past, documents reviewed by Reuters show.
Reuters
Dec 14, 2014
The election victory effectively gives a green light to a consumption-tax increase in 2017.
Dion Rabouin
Dec 14, 2014
Reports suggest Abe's coalition government will be returned to power, albeit in an election with low voter turnout.
Mark Hanrahan
Dec 14, 2014
Tired of being on the sidelines of the most popular sport in the world, China is making soccer mandatory for all students.
Michelle FlorCruz
Dec 12, 2014
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will likely see victory for his party in Sunday's elections, but the size of the win is what matters for his economic reform agenda.
Brianna Lee
Dec 12, 2014
The “patent cliff” approaches for Abilify -- America’s best-selling drug.
Kathleen Caulderwood
Dec 11, 2014
The U.S. dollar hit a seven-year high against the Japanese yen on Monday. Why would a stronger dollar be bad for the U.S. economy?
Jessica Menton
Dec 09, 2014
U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said 180 ships, including four of the Navy's most sophisticated stealth destroyers, will be in Pacific waters by 2020.
Dennis Lynch
Dec 09, 2014
The U.S. leads the pack, but some countries have delivered less than 10 percent of what they pledged to fight Ebola.
Kathleen Caulderwood
Dec 09, 2014
Honda earlier added about 2.6 million cars in the United States when it expanded nationwide a recall of driver-side air bag inflators.
Reuters
Dec 09, 2014
Abenomics, a three-pronged effort to expand Japan’s economy through monetary, fiscal and structural policies, hasn't been effective.
Jessica Menton
Dec 08, 2014