JERA aims to be Japan's biggest solar power operator. It will ask partner West Holdings to build solar power farms at about 7,000 sites, including former JERA power plant sites

Google, Twitter and Facebook executives faced heated demands in a meeting with Indian officials, who said their inaction on fake news forced Delhi to order content takedowns, sources said

The demise of GlobalWafers' $4.5bn bid to buy Siltronic was welcomed by German politicians, who said the country had to protect its security interests

India's government bailed out its cash-strapped telecom sector late last year, helping telcos free up cash for growth, potentially making a 5G airwaves auction this year a hot bidding contest

Sony Interactive Entertainment will acquire Bungie, the creator of 'Halo' videogame and developer of 'Destiny,' in $3.6bn deal, the latest in a wave of consolidations in the gaming sector

Billions to be spent on expanding highways, pushing the manufacture of solar modules, while the RBI will launch a digital rupee based on blockchain tech and may impose a hefty tax on crypto

MPs in Japan adopted a resolution on Tuesday on the "serious human rights situation" in China, and called for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government to take steps to relieve the situation

Diem Association sold its assets to crypto-focused bank Silvergate Capital on Monday, ending the ambitious push by Facebook/Meta to get its billions of users to adopt its own currency

Factory output shrank for the first time in three months in December as a decline in machinery production outweighed a small rise in autos, casting a cloud over the economic recovery.

Finance minister tips 8-8.5% growth for the 2022/23 fiscal year, while the IMF has cut its growth estimate to 9% after a surge of Omicron infections recently

The company allegedly paid $34m in fines for work on the project that skirted environmental and zoning regulations during the years it was built. Dozens of buildings are earmarked for demolition.

Tokyo and Sydney piled on more than 2% apiece while Seoul, Mumbai and Bangkok were also up. But Hong Kong and Shanghai lost 1%, with Singapore, Wellington and Manila following them down