JAPAN

Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka submitted his resignation due to health issues while facing allegations of illegal fundraising and organized crime ties.

Most of the Asian markets rose Tuesday amid hopes that the Bank of Japan will soon announce stimulus measures to regain the economic growth momentum.

Asian shares edged higher Tuesday but sentiment was cautious, after global shares faltered overnight on weak corporate results and outlook, and with Asia's corporate reporting season under way.

Frank Tanabe, 93, a World War II veteran, was photographed casting what will probably be his last ballot.

Malala Yousafzai, has emerged as the face of a new Pakistan.

Asian stock markets were mixed Monday as sentiment was weighed down by the sluggish Japanese trade data and the disappointing U.S. earrings.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open Monday as investors hope that the corporate earnings to be reported this week will indicate that the economy is recovering and regaining the growth momentum.

Japan reported Monday a rise in trade deficit in September compared to the same month last year with a decrease in exports and increase in imports.

Most of the Asian markets fell Monday as investor confidence was weighed down by the report that Japan's trade deficit increased in September compared to the same month last year, raising concerns about the faltering global economy.

Germany will battle strong economic headwinds the rest of this year, the country’s Federal Ministry of Finance warned Monday.

At $90, oil's price remains painfully high. But are we about to experience a gradual easing in crude's price?

Asian markets gained in the week with investor sentiment turning positive as a rise in the U.S. retail sales and industrial production indicated an improvement in the growth prospects of the world’s largest economy.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open Friday as investors remained watchful with concerns that corporate earnings would be affected by the sluggish global economic growth.

Despite a sequential growth of 4 percent, the Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) PC market shrank 5 percent annually last quarter (2012 Q3) to 31.4 million units, falling short on IDC's initial forecasts, according to a latest International Data Corp report.

Most of the Asian stocks fell Friday with investor sentiment turning negative as the quarterly results reported by Google and Microsoft missed analysts’ expectation, deepening the fear that the sluggish global economic growth would affect the corporate earnings.

Japan's main opposition leader Shinzo Abe has irked China and South Korea by visiting a shrine honoring convicted war criminals. The brouhaha could embroil the U.S., as well

The Verizon Wireless unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) added 1.7 million customers in the third quarter for a record 95.7 million.

Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) took control of Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) adding more spectrum for high-speed communications.

Asian stock markets advanced Thursday as concerns over a sharper slowdown in the world's second largest economy eased after China reported the third quarter economic activity data in line with expectations.

Asian stocks gained Thursday with investor sentiment turning positive as data from China showed that the world’s second largest economy grew as expected in the third quarter, decreasing the concerns about the rapidly worsening economic conditions.

China’s growth slowed again last quarter, to its lowest level since early 2009, the government announced Thursday morning.