Japanese police posted guards at the homes of former health ministry bureaucrats Tuesday after attacks on the families of ex-officials left two people dead and another...

Ford Motor Co. is slashing its stake in Japan’s Mazda Motor Corp. by nearly two-thirds, joining other struggling U.S. automakers in selling prized assets to stay...

Japan’s Mazda Motor Corp. says U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co. will cut its stake in Mazda to 13 percent from 33.4 percent.

Ford Motor Co. has decided to sell nearly two-thirds of its stake in Mazda Motor Corp. after finding several Japanese buyers, including Mazda itself, a newspaper said...

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. , Japan’s largest bank, said first-half net profit plunged 64 percent, hit by higher credit costs and losses on its...

Japanese stocks retreated Tuesday amid broad regional declines as investors grappled with more bad news about the global economy, including a massive round of layoffs...

A Japanese company said Monday it would recall bottles of Crystal Geyser mineral water imported from the United States after consumers complained about a strange...

Suzuki Motor Corp. says General Motors Corp. will sell its stake in the Japanese automaker for 22.37 billion yen, or $230 million, to raise cash.

Japanese shares closed slightly higher Monday but well off the day’s high as grim economic numbers confirmed the economy is in recession and underlined the gloomy...

A Japanese whaling ship left a port in southwestern Japan on Monday en route to this season’s whale hunt in the Antarctic Ocean, the environmental group...

Analysts, investors and media around Asia expressed concern Monday that a weekend summit of world leaders aimed at tackling the global financial crisis _ and preventing...

Japan’s economy slid into a recession for the first time since 2001, the government said Monday, as companies sharply cut back on spending in the third quarter...

Japan says its economy contracted in the third quarter, the second consecutive quarter of decline, officially putting the world’s No. 2 economy in a recession.

Japan says its economy contracted in the quarter through September, as companies sharply cut back on spending amid the global slowdown.

Nissan Motor Co., facing a sharp slowdown in global demand, said Friday it would cut production for the second time in two weeks.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. said first-half net profit plunged 51 percent due to a spike in credit costs and other expenses against the backdrop of financial...

Japanese stocks sprung back to life Friday, lifted by Wall Street’s gains, a cheaper yen and hopes that a Group of 20 meeting this weekend will lead to progress...

Japan is ready to lend up to $100 billion to the International Monetary Fund to support nations reeling from the global financial crisis, its prime minister said Friday...

Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday that for now it is sticking with plans to open its new Mississippi plant in 2010 despite media reports that Japan’s top automaker...

Japan will offer to loan up to $100 billion for an International Monetary Fund bailout fund to support nations reeling from the global financial crisis, a Japanese...