Sony’s slick PlayStation Vita handheld videogame gadget hit major markets around the world on Wednesday as the Japanese entertainment titan bucked a trend towards play on smartphones. Sony packed movies, music, and the Internet into PS Vita handsets along with what it called the “biggest and best launch lineup” of games in PlayStation history. Vita [...]

Expatriates in Japan have the highest living expenses compared to their counterparts working elsewhere in Asia, due largely to the Japanese currency’s recent sharp rise, a global survey said on Tuesday. Human resource firm ECA International’s latest survey of expatriate living costs showed Japanese cities occupied the top four most expensive locations in Asia, with [...]

The United States and Japan have the highest bills to pay from natural disasters, but Asia’s emerging giants China, India and Indonesia are proportionately at greater risk from them, a survey said on Thursday. British risk assessors Maplecroft ranked 196 countries according to their economic exposure to earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, landslides, floods, storms and wildfires. [...]

Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas was ruled out of the club’s pre-season tour of Asia after suffering an injury but unsettled midfielder Samir Nasri was named in the squad released on Saturday. Fabregas, who is being strongly linked with a summer move to Barcelona, has sustained a muscle strain and will not travel with the Gunners [...]