The Japanese prime minister also announced plans to invest 5 trillion yen ($42 billion) in India over five years

The move, which will also apply to Toyota and Isuzu Motors vehicles that use one of the Hino engines, will be formally announced by the ministry on March 25

Comments reinforce expectations that Japan will remain an outlier in the global shift towards tighter monetary policy

Kyoto-based Murata, the top global supplier of ceramic capacitors used in smartphones and cars, said it aims to restart two facilities in Fukushima prefecture

The company said third-party unauthorised access was made at Bridgestone Americas on February 27, prompting a shutdown of its computer network

Japanese auto giant Toyota says it plans to hack back its April global production by 17% to 750,000 units

Japan chip heavyweight Renesas, which has suspended work after the earthquake, makes nearly a third of the microcontroller chips used in cars around the world

China tech stocks surged for a second day after the government vowed to ease a regulatory crackdown and on optimism over a Ukraine ceasefire.

The storied French fashion and luxury company has seen traffic to its boutiques in South Korea skid since it began screening customers

The initiative is part of president Joko Widodo's goal of developing a supply chain utilising the Southeast Asian country's mineral resources

The magnitude 7.4 quake revived memories of the March 11, 2011 quake and tsunami off Fukushima - commemorated across the country less than a week ago

Asian satellite operators are trying to wean themselves off the inexpensive Russian space launch services they have long relied on