The communications ministry is taking on the persona of "Big Brother" with an announcement it plans a huge cyber security study that will delve into passwords and other aspects of devices around Japan connected to the Internet.

Fore Coffee, an on-demand specialty coffee startup based in Indonesia, has announced a fresh funding raised from East Ventures.

FamilyMart Co. will start providing discount meals in March, so that families living nearby can eat in spaces installed in about 2,000 of the chain's convenience stores in Japan.

More than 130,000 unused home electronic appliances, mainly old-style mobile phones, were collected in the past two years through a collection box placed at the Tokyo metropolitan government. The photo was taken at the building in Tokyo on Jan. 28. (Rei Kishitsu)

Fifteen years after its founding, Facebook has made strides toward Mark Zuckerberg's goal of connecting the world. But it has also made some huge missteps that have turned some of its cheerleaders into vocal detractors.

The State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) Ministry plans to establish a state-owned insurance holding company and state-owned banking holding company in March and April ,respectively, in trying to improve efficiency of government businesses in the two sectors.

State electricity firm PLN hopes its customers will use more electricity this year through incentive measures amid the ongoing construction of mega power plant projects, which have been criticized as unnecessary as consumption growth has been slowing.

E-commerce platform Bukalapak launched its artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing innovation center at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in West Java on Friday.

Chugoku Electric announced on January 1 that it will participate in hydroelectric power plant project in North Sumatra Province in the northern part of Indonesia.

Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita has said Indonesia will export more tempeh to Hong Kong, South Korea and a number of Middle Eastern countries in which many Indonesians live.

Seoul-Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest smartphone and memory chip maker, reported a slump in fourth-quarter net profits on Thursday, blaming a drop in demand for its key products. Net profits in the October-December period were 8.46 trillion won ($7.6 billion), it said, down 31 percent year-on-year.

The world's biggest shipbuilder, South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries, has reached a deal to acquire a majority stake in ailing number two Daewoo from the government, Seoul said Thursday. The world's top three shipbuilders are South Korean -- Samsung Heavy ranks third -- but the industry has been hammered in recent years by overcapacity and plunging ship prices.