The dollar climbed above ¥102.50 in Tokyo trading late Thursday, but its topside proved limited due to a slump in global stock markets. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥102.79-82, up from ¥102.48...

Sharp Corp. and Sanyo Electric Co. said they have settled patent infringement suits brought by Sanyo over liquid crystal displays at the Tokyo District Court. According to their settlement terms, t...

WASHINGTON (AP)—The U.S. government ran a much smaller deficit through the first two months of the budget year than the same period last year, signaling further improvement in America’s finances....

NEW YORK (AP)—Facebook will join the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index, replacing technology supplier Teradyne Inc., while Abercrombie & Fitch was downgraded from the benchmark index. S&P Dow J...

Japan’s first national security strategy and new National Defense Program Guidelines for the next decade, which focus on enhancing the combination of the ground, maritime and air branches of the Se...

The Supreme Court has upheld the petition of a female-to-male transgender man to be recorded on the official family registry as the father of a boy born to his wife after the use of semen from a dono...

Security firm Secom Co. has said it will establish a joint venture in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, with a conglomerate in the Southeast Asian nation, by the end of this year. Secom plans to ...

The government Thursday adopted a fiscal 2013 extra budget worth ¥5.46 trillion to finance economic measures designed to offset the adverse effects of the consumption tax hike planned for April next...