Tokyo Flat

Makers of airless tyres such as Japan's Bridgestone Corp. hope driverless cars will herald a breakthrough for their niche technology, which is more than a decade old but underperforms standard tires in every way except resistance to puncture. Autonomous driving - and the eventual introduction of self-driving taxis - could mean greater demand for pu...

Takahiro Shiraishi, the Japanese man who has reportedly confessed to murdering and hacking up nine young people in his Tokyo bathroom, was said to be a quiet schoolboy who would grow up to work on the fringes of the sex industry and become a suspected serial killer.

Japanese police have found nine bodies with their flesh stripped off and heads severed in containers in a suburban Tokyo flat, media reported Tuesday.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was flat, while Tokyo's Nikkei slipped 0.55 percent, dragged lower by a stronger yen.

Japan's factory production in February fell by a worse-than-expected 3.4 per cent month-on-month, turning down from a solid rise in January, according to official data.

The dollar was at 109.77 yen early Monday, almost flat from 109.75 yen in New York Friday afternoon but sharply up from 108.98 yen in Tokyo earlier Friday.

US shares rebounded late Friday to end mixed after an early bout of selling on news that Ukraine had shelled Russian armoured vehicles after they entered its territory.

The greenback was changing hands at 102.82 yen in early Asian trade Thursday, almost flat from New York late Wednesday but sharply up from 102.11 yen in Tokyo earlier Wednesday.

The Nikkei 225 index, which ended last week at its highest level since late January, slipped 3.64 points, or 0.02 per cent, to 15,433.49 at the start.

Tokyo stocks opened 0.63 per cent lower on Tuesday after the yen strengthened slightly following its recent slide.

Makers of airless tyres such as Japan's Bridgestone Corp. hope driverless cars will herald a breakthrough for their niche technology, which is more than a decade old but underperforms standard tires in every way except resistance to puncture. Autonomous driving - and the eventual introduction of self-driving taxis - could mean greater demand for pu...

Takahiro Shiraishi, the Japanese man who has reportedly confessed to murdering and hacking up nine young people in his Tokyo bathroom, was said to be a quiet schoolboy who would grow up to work on the fringes of the sex industry and become a suspected serial killer.

Japanese police have found nine bodies with their flesh stripped off and heads severed in containers in a suburban Tokyo flat, media reported Tuesday.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was flat, while Tokyo's Nikkei slipped 0.55 percent, dragged lower by a stronger yen.

Japan's factory production in February fell by a worse-than-expected 3.4 per cent month-on-month, turning down from a solid rise in January, according to official data.

The dollar was at 109.77 yen early Monday, almost flat from 109.75 yen in New York Friday afternoon but sharply up from 108.98 yen in Tokyo earlier Friday.

US shares rebounded late Friday to end mixed after an early bout of selling on news that Ukraine had shelled Russian armoured vehicles after they entered its territory.

The greenback was changing hands at 102.82 yen in early Asian trade Thursday, almost flat from New York late Wednesday but sharply up from 102.11 yen in Tokyo earlier Wednesday.

The Nikkei 225 index, which ended last week at its highest level since late January, slipped 3.64 points, or 0.02 per cent, to 15,433.49 at the start.

Tokyo stocks opened 0.63 per cent lower on Tuesday after the yen strengthened slightly following its recent slide.