Japan's Mitsubishi Motors said on Friday that cost cuts and a better product line-up enabled to it to reverse a year-before loss and post a net profit in the nine months to December.

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Sony said on Wednesday that vice president Kazuo Hirai will become president and CEO on April 1. Current chairman, president and CEO Howard Stringer will be chairman.

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Japan's stricken nuclear power plant has leaked more than 600 liters of water, forcing it to briefly suspend cooling operations at a spent-fuel pond at the weekend, but none is thought to have escaped

Japan's population is expected to shrink to a third of its current size over the next century, with the average woman living to over 90 within 50 years, a government report said on Monday.

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The possible worst case scenario resulting from the nuclear crisis at Fukushima was shared with only a few lawmakers as making the report public would have caused alarm and ‘no one would have remained

The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog said the agency is considering opening a branch office in Fukushima to monitor efforts to contain the world's worst atomic accident since Chernobyl, a report said

ExxonMobil will streamline its business in Japan by selling its refining and marketing operations to local partner TonenGeneral Sekiyu, according to a statement issued on Sunday.

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Asian shares and the euro firmed on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it would keep interest rates low for a longer-than-expected period, providing ample liquidity to help spur growth.

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Sony Corp is the leading contender among firms jostling for an equity stake in Olympus Corp, Japanese business weekly Diamond reported on its website, as the scandal-hit medical equipment maker moves

Japanese high-tech giant Hitachi said on Monday it will stop making televisions by the end of September as intense price competition hurts TV earnings at many electronics manufacturers worldwide.

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