TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Nintendo ( NTDOF ) said on Wednesday it had sold more than 3.5 million Switch 2 units in the first four days after its launch, making the console the company's fastest-selling gaming device to date. Last month, the Kyoto-based company forecast Switch 2 sales would reach 15 million during the current financial year ending next March. Fans...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

* Two Chinese carriers reported operating at once in Pacific * Chinese navy honing ability to operate far from its shores * Taiwan expects deliveries of new F-16 fighter jets TAIPEI, June 11 (Reuters) - The two Chinese aircraft carriers spotted conducting simultaneous operations in the Pacific for the first time send a political message about the country's expansionist aims,...

June 11 (Reuters) - The Pentagon is scaling back by half its request to Congress for the U.S. Air Force's Lockheed Martin F-35 jets, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. A U.S. Defense Department procurement request document sent to Capitol Hill this week asked for 24 of the planes, down from 48 that were forecast last year, the report said. Reuters...