Yakuza 3 is an adventure game that straightaway takes the player into the Japanese underworld. The game's striking visuals and Japanese comedy will mesmerize the player. The game does stagger with some combat idiosyncrasies, but there are a lot of non essential activities which allows the player to get engrossed completely in the game.

Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and France's PSA Peugeot Citroen won't form a capital alliance in the midst of the current indecisive business outlook, but they would keep on talking towards extended business ties, said both the companies in a joint statement on Tuesday.

As has been revealed by Official Government data, Japan's rate of unemployment reportedly declined to 4.9% during the month of Japan, an improvement of 0.3 percentage points as compared to the previous month.

The retail sales of Japan had reportedly risen in the month of January by about 2.6 per cent for the very first time in the past 17 months and it was reported that the factory output too had increased by 2.5 per cent in the same month.

The Lancet Online First today cited a study regarding reappearance of endometrial cancer. It was already observed that pelvic lymphadenectomy alone has no remedial benefit in endometrial cancer. Now in the study it has been found that if systematic removal of the para-aortic lymph with pelvic lymph nodes is conducted, it can result in survival of females from endometrial cancer.

Giant electronics manufacturer Sony recently unveiled its three ranges capable of displaying 3D TV. The new offerings unveiled over the week are - the LX900, the HX800 and HX900. While the LX900 comes with a 3D "on board", the other tow ranges require a 3D add-on.

Sony has said that reports that rumored that the famous Sony Computer Entertainment brand is to be updated as SNEP, Sony Networked Entertainment Platform, was ineffective to any regional Head Q quarter including SCEA and SCEE.

Deputy Governor of Bank of Japan, Hirohide Yamaguchi recently announced that the central bank is all set to battle deflation, but he did not provide a lot of detail into what actions he plans on taking, despite the fact the Government has been constantly pressurizing BoJ to step up effort to support the country's economy.

Official figures have revealed that for the month of January, Japanese exports managed to rise more than expected, putting to rest fears that China's move to tighten lending might just choke off demand in the area and slow down the economic recovery of Japan.

Japan's Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance, the second largest life insurer of Japan, stated on Monday that it intends to raise 1.08 trillion Yen or $11.8 billion in an initial public hearing making the offering second-largest-ever public offering. The first largest being the IPO of NTT Docomo Inc. selling shares of up to 2.1 trillion Yen in 1998.