JAPAN

Grand Theft Auto 5 is the UK's fastest-selling video game launch ever selling over 1.5 million units in a single day.

Verizon executive criticises technology firms over Snowden revelations.

Japanese investment banking unit pleaded guilty to wire fraud while UBS pays $1.5bn global civil settlement

The International Monetary Fund says cutting budgets too quickly is dangerous for an economic recovery

Japan considers lower corporate tax to offset negative effects of planned sales tax hike on economy.

Larry Summers blamed for helping to cause the financial crisis.

Kansai Electric Power, last of Japan's 50 reactors, begins closure.

Japan sends a rocket into space using a low-cost rocket coordinated from a laptop computer.

Economists' report on austerity says chancellor's policies cut 3% off UK growth.

US central bank could taper QE by about $10bn.

First general Dutch apology issued for massacres between 1945 and 1949 in Sulawesi.

Treasury Select Committee does not fall completely for grinning governor Carney's noted charm.

Japan is planning to increase its sales tax rate from 5% to 8% next April in order to reduce its huge public debt.

An end to roaming charges and enshrining net neutrality are among proposals to overhaul the European telecoms market.

Arsenal striker Park Chu-Young has been warned by Hong Myung-Bo that he must leave the Gunners or risk being snubbed for the national team.

British firm to exit the US after a six-year struggle.

IBTimes UK reporter Adrian Back remembers the last time that he was genuinely excited watching England after the bore braw against Ukraine

Morris tells IBTimes UK where growth opportunities lie in the green energy sector overseas.

Shinji Kagawa has asked for David Moyes to ex-plain why he has not featured for Manchester United this season.

Chinese property developers listed in Hong Kong enjoyed high shares prices recently.

Expected positive China economic data and lower scale of Fed tapering add to optimism.