OSAKA -- Japanese homebuilder Daiwa House Industry said Thursday that it has completed the acquisition of United Homes Group, an American residential builder based in South Carolina.

TOKYO -- The Asia-Pacific region provided crucial momentum as global decarbonization investments climbed an estimated 8% to a record $2.3 trillion in 2025, defying U.S. political headwinds against spending on sustainability.

TOKYO -- Share buybacks by Japan-listed companies set another record in the year ended March, marking the fifth straight year of gains, as the Tokyo Stock Exchange prepares to issue a new call for improving capital efficiency.

TOKYO -- The real estate owned by listed Japanese companies has amassed paper gains totaling an estimated 20 trillion yen ($128 billion), prompting activist investors to pressure the businesses to sell off the assets for better capital efficiency.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland -- Asian companies returned to the premier U.S.-hosted foreign investment event this week with cautious optimism, after President Donald Trump's volatile trade policy paralyzed any decision-making a year ago.

TOKYO/SEOUL -- Japan and South Korea held a two-plus-two meeting with vice foreign and defense ministers for the first time in Seoul on Thursday, discussing security cooperation with each other and the U.S. amid worries about the Middle East conflict leaving a power vacuum in East Asia.

TOKYO -- Japan plans to introduce a system for round-the-clock trading of government bonds on the blockchain as early as 2026, aiming to lower costs and speed up transactions.

LONDON -- A jury in London on Thursday found two men guilty of spying for the Hong Kong government in the U.K., and one of them guilty also of abusing his access to government databases to obtain information about dissidents living in the country.

TOKYO -- Japan's SoftBank Corp. looks to develop and produce homegrown artificial intelligence servers, weighing plans to start designing and assembling components by the end of the decade with the help of major players like Nvidia and Foxconn, Nikkei has learned.

TOKYO -- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has agreed to form a strategic partnership with Google under which Japan's top bank will use the American technology company's artificial intelligence to get closer to retail customers.