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Sales should slowly recover worldwide, after several months of uneven growth and declines.

As flight JL6 from Tokyo approaches New York, our world news editor is on schedule: around the world in under six days.

The Indian Space Research Organization will launch a Mars Orbiter Mission probe named Mangalyaan in the next few weeks.

Unemployment and a shrinking labor force are among pressing U.S. economic problems that remain to be addressed.

A 15-foot-long female Stejneger’s beaked whale typically seen in the Bering Sea and off the coast of Japan washed ashore Tuesday on Venice Beach.

The market's enthusiasm for a short-term solution to the policy crisis seems to be waning quickly.

Five years after the global financial crisis, the IMF is suggesting states place a 10% tax on all households.

While the government recently lifted the ban on game consoles, uncertainties remain for the future of gaming.

Each has registered uninspiring sales and profit figures in 2013, as they slowly expand in emerging markets.

Typhoon Wipha, which killed 17 people in eastern Japan, caused no damage to the crippled Fukushima nuclear facility.

Wall Street's jaded attitude toward Washington's latest crisis could turn into a frenzied one if the U.S. defaults.

The Finnish game maker, which turned a profit in 2012, could now potentially reach Asian markets.

Typhoon Wipha bore down on Japan Wednesday, leading to canceled flights and bullet train service in Tokyo and flooding Izu Oshima Island.

The Japanese public has become more enamored with its various armed services.

Treasury yields probably would rise but not by much in a default, given how brief a default would be and the implications for economic and monetary policy.

Japan's battered Fukushima nuclear power plant may have to absorb its second great pounding by the sea in two years.

Investors seem cautiously optimistic that Congress will ink a deal to end the US government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling.

The pact, arguably the most important trade agreement in a generation, emerged after a decade of trade talk dissapointment.

Will proposals for US LNG export projects face the same delays as the proposed Keystone XL pipeline?

The markets are becoming increasingly concerned that Congress will not raise the debt ceiling in time to avert a catastrophic default.

Fernando Alonso stands in the way of Sebastian Vettel's fourth successive Formula One title.