Tokyo shares fall on weak US data

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks ended down on Wednesday, snapping a four-day winning streak, after a gloomy US consumer confidence report drove down Wall Street shares overnight. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index ... ( read original story ...)

Japan swelters in worst heatwave since 1875

Japan is sweltering under the hottest day yet of its worst heatwave for almost 150 years. The blistering heat has drawn official warnings of a looming power shortage, and led to calls for people to ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s activists chip away slowly but unsurely

Companies like to tout milestones, but not necessarily the sort at scandal-plagued Toshiba . The $18 billion industrial conglomerate’s shareholders on Tuesday voted to add representatives from Elliott ... ( read original story ...)