Japan's benchmark stock index fell Monday after a central bank survey showed a smaller-than-expected improvement in business sentiment.

Asian stock markets and the euro tumbled as a plan to fund a bailout for Cyprus by taxing its bank deposits raised worries it could spark an exodus of capital from fragile European economies.

Boeing said it sees commercial flights of its grounded 787 jets resuming "within weeks" even though it has not pinpointed the cause of battery overheating.

Prime Minister Shinzon Abe's pick to drive economic revival will combine monetary easing, robust government spending and longer-term reforms.
Kuroda sets to shake up the Bank of Japan

Asian stock markets ran out of steam Wednesday after a sharp drop in Britain's industrial production.

The good news overshadowed a credit downgrade slapped on Italy due to the country's inconclusive election.

World stock markets were mostly higher Thursday following Wall Street's eye-popping performance.

Haruhiko Kuroda, currently president of the Asian Development Bank, has criticized the central bank for failing to break a long spell of deflation.
Blouin Business: Kuroda sets to shake up the BOJ