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The Tokyo exchange drops 0.3%, with investors reluctant to take positions aggressively ahead of monetary policy decisions by the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan

Asian markets lost ground yesterday as concern grew that Chinese authorities could step in to cool economic growth

Mainland TV industry, a bastion of information control for the country's ruling Communist party, slowly transforming from within because of pressure for commercial success

The world's second largest economy is worth a contrarian play, according to a host of investment managers

Tokyo stocks powered to their best weekly gains in more than three months as expectations the Japanese central bank may take extra monetary easing steps raised the prospect of a weakening yen boosting exporters

Standard & Poor's raises the country's credit rating amid signs that south-east Asia's largest economy is on track for strong growth despite political infighting

Japanese carmaker hands over to US lawmakers a 2006 letter written by Japanese employees warning that aggressive cost cuts had undermined the quality of its vehicles

India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp is in talks with Gazprom and Rosneft over taking equity stakes in oil and gas projects to help cement an energy partnership

Japan's economy grew less than initially estimated in the fourth quarter of 2009 but the revised gross domestic product data unveiled were still cause for guarded optimism, said the government

Tokyo stocks shrugged off lower-than-expected economic growth figures in Japan to reach a seven-week high but gains for other Asian markets were pared after a rise in Chinese inflation deepened worries over monetary tightening

Markets are overestimating the potential impact of an appreciation of the Chinese renminbi against the US dollar on other currencies, says Antje Praefcke

TPG has sold its minority stake in one of Asia's biggest listed healthcare groups for $685m to an Indian corporate buyer, in another lucrative exit in the region for the global private equity fund

The Queensland state government has appointed five banks to run a A$7bn share float of Queensland Rail's coal and freight arm, expected to be Australia's biggest listing this year

The Japanese bank is preparing to raise about Y75bn in fresh capital as a merger with a rival domestic lender once seen as a lifeline is in danger of collapse

The logic behind the proposed merger of Japanese banks Shinsei and Aozora has disappeared following a return of stability to global financial markets