TOKYO (Nikkei)--Consumers continue to embrace prepaid electronic currencies.

TOKYO (Nikkei)--Once the main driver of the Japanese economy, electronics companies, are mired in an unprecedented business slump with no clear game plan for reclaiming their former glory.

TOKYO (Nikkei)--Consolidated pretax profit at the nation's publicly traded firms is likely to plunge 21% in fiscal 2011, dragged down by exporters hurt by the strong yen, flooding in Thailand and the European debt crisis.

TOKYO (Nikkei)--The cold wave sweeping across Japan is pushing electricity companies close to the edge, with power demand surging to the danger zone of above 90% of capacity at six utilities.