TOKYO: Japanese authorities have asked 1.2 million people to cut back on showers and laundry to prevent leaking sewage ...

Asian shares are mixed in muted trading after the U.S. Federal Reserve opted not to cut interest rates for the first time since it began trying to help the economy through lower rates in September.

As a construction/mining machinery manufacturer, Hitachi Construction Machinery’s, or HCM’s, lifeline will be from sales of its mainstay hydraulic excavators, mining dump trucks, and wheel loaders.