Asian shares are higher despite weak economic data from Japan underlining the struggle policymakers face in reviving the world's third-largest economy.

Annual core consumer inflation in Japan, the world's third-largest economy, stopped rising for the first time in nearly two years in February.

Britain's financial regulator created a false market in shares of life insurers last year, MPs say in a report.

Office workers need to get off their backsides and move around more, according to a new campaign.

UK housing market activity has "remained subdued", the Nationwide says, as annual house price growth slows for the seventh month in a row.

The Co-operative Bank says it is making a "significant improvement" as it reports a lower pre-tax loss but says another 57 branches will close this year.

US energy giant Chevron is to sell its 50% stake in Caltex Australia, the petrol station operator, for a reported 4.6bn Australian dollars ($3.6bn; £2.4bn).

The London stock market opens lower, with mining shares among the biggest fallers, but shares in airlines stage a recovery.