BEIJING -- Chinese actions amid tensions with Japan have spread from the economic arena to national security following a Japanese destroyer's transit through the Taiwan Strait late last week, risking further deterioration of relations.

TOKYO -- Sapporo Holdings will sell California-based Stone Brewing, the Japanese beverage group said Tuesday, exiting craft beer production in the U.S. just four years after acquiring the company.

TOKYO -- MUFG Bank is considering setting comparatively higher interest deposit rates for a digital bank that it expects to launch this fiscal year, President and CEO Masakazu Osawa said in an interview with Nikkei.

SINGAPORE/TOKYO -- Crude oil exports in March by Iran and Russia rose more than 5% each compared with the previous 12 months' average as India and others stepped up purchases in a blow to U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to squeeze their revenue sources.

SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics has launched televisions with generative artificial intelligence in a race to move up the value chain and defend its global lead in the market as Chinese makers narrow the gap in features.

TOKYO -- Hitachi is selling its white goods business to Japanese retailer Nojima, a move that marks the culmination of the industrial group's effort to transform itself in the wake of massive losses more than a decade and a half ago.

TOKYO -- Japan is considering requiring social media companies to turn on age-based content filtering by default and creating a system to assess the risks of each platform, in an effort to fight addiction among minors.

TOKYO -- Swedish investment group EQT has raised $15.6 billion for an Asia-focused private equity fund, the most capital pooled for the region in the industry's history.