Nissan Motor Co. (Tokyo: 7201) June U.S. car sales rose 28.2 percent on gains for almost every model in the Nissan lineup.
Renesas Electronics Corp (TYO: 6723), a leading Japanese semiconductor manufacturer, said that it is letting go 5000 employees in an effort to restructure the organization and bring the company back to black.
The Fragrant Harbor was passed from British to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997. Today, it's still torn between its Western-style freedoms and the Beijing model.
A map of the world's earthquakes that plots every temblor with a magnitude of 4.0 or greater since 1898 is surprising scientists for a number of reasons.
Social Media Day is being celebrated around the world today on Twitter, Facebook and at meetups around the world.
A full preview and tactical breakdown of the Euro 2012 final between Spain and Italy/
Japan's industrial production declined in May from the previous month, according to data released by the Trade Ministry Friday.
The two comics, who made their name on Comedy Central's roasts, will each star in their own shows on the network.
Japan?s retail sales growth slowed down in the year to May compared to April indicating that private consumption is getting affected by the faltering global economic conditions.
It's an open secret Ann Curry will be replaced on the Today show. She'll announce her exit Thursday morning.
An earthquake of 5.7 magnitude hit a remote mountainous terrain in southwest China Sunday, leaving at least four people dead and over 100 others injured, Chinese authorities said Monday.
Japan's gaping trade shortfall with the EU could exacerbate its fiscal woes by worsening its debt situation and subjecting Japanese government bonds to rising yields in the face of mounting market fears and increasing skepticism among U.S investors.
Japanese Premier Yoshihiko Noda on Saturday announced the restart of two nuclear reactors, for the first time since the closure of all of country's nuclear power plants following last year's Fukushima crisis, disregarding the widespread public opposition to nuclear power.
Japan's industrial production declined in April from the previous month, according to the revised data released by the Trade Ministry Thursday.
Not every Haitian immigrant to the United States completes the dangerous journey to get there, but those who do can have a surprising effect on the quality of life upon the island of their birth.
Though rents went down, grocery bills shrank and companies trimmed their workforce after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Tokyo edged past Angolan capital Luanda to become the world?s most expensive city for expatriates in Mercer?s 2012 survey.
Two earthquakes rocked Afghanistan Monday, killing up to as many as 100 people and causing a landslide that destroyed 20 houses.
Political and economic decisions over the next week have serious consequences for the country's future.
Computer-generated imagery may have enhanced New Zealand's already otherworldly peaks and valleys, but what you see in The Lord of the Rings films is the real deal and is certain to fill you with the giddiness of a hobbit.
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 5.8 hit Greece's island of Rhodes and southwestern Turkey Sunday, injuring six people who were trying to jump from balconies and windows in panic, observatories and local media reported.
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's West Java province at 6:18 p.m. local time Monday, sending shock waves through the capital of Jakarta, about 100 miles from the epicenter.
The Internet has been on high alert for zombies since last Saturday, when a 31-year-old homeless man from Miami named Rudy Eugene was discovered chomping on another homeless man's face and neck before he was shot and killed by police.
