According to a recent report from Bloomberg's Mike Firn from Tokyo, Nintendo has released its 3DS portable console in Japan on Saturday; and software developers are struggling how to best make use of the three-dimensional graphics of the device.

Asia’s biggest utility, Tepco or Tokyo Electric Power Co., plummeted the most in nearly two years after the report published by Nikkei newspaper stating that the company will possibly sell in the tune of six hundred billion yen worth of 600 billion yen worth of new stock.

The Tokyo Game Show, an annual, action-packed Japanese video game industry extravaganza, commenced on Thursday, at the Makuhari Messe convention hall. Almost 200 hardware and software makers are expected to display their products during the four-day show.

In a Friday announcement, Microsoft said that its Office for Mac 2011 is now being classified as “Release to Manufacturing”; thereby hinting that the software is apparently on track for an October-end release, as earlier tweeted by Microsoft.

Nissan has come out with its latest invention which the dedicated car lovers would definitely love. On Thursday, the company released a futuristic concept car, which while going around bends tilts to the side and makes the drivers feel as they are gliding through the air.

TOKYO, Dec. 4 -- Japan's Nippon Oil Corp. and Nippon Mining Holdings Inc. announced plans Thursday to merge next year, creating the world's eighth largest oil company.

TOKYO, Dec. 4 -- Japanese companies' pretax earnings in the July-September quarter went down 22.4 percent from the same period of last year, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.

It was the biggest drop in about seven years, the ministry said, blaming the global economic slowdown.

An international ocean resources group wants a 30 percent cut in the yellow fin tuna catch in the Pacific to curb over fishing, sources told Kyodo news Monday.

The proposal was made by the secretariat of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, whose members include Japan, the United States, China, South Korea, Taiwan and the European Union.

TOKYO, Nov. 21 -- Major Asia-Pacific markets pared off opening losses Friday and closed in positive territory, giving a hopeful sign for next week's sessions.