Tokyo  - Japan's jobless rate hit a 10-year low at 3.8 per cent in the past fiscal year, w

Tokyo  - Japan's industrial output fell 3.1 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms in March, compared to the previous month, the government said Wednesday.

Beijing  - China's Hu Jintao is due next week to make the first visit by a Chinese president to Japan in 10 years.

Tokyo  - Japanese home electronics company Panasonic reported a record net profit for the year that ended in March, the company announced Monday.