YANGON -- Inside a supermarket at a prominent shopping mall in Yangon, Myanmar's commercial capital, the shelves appear meticulously stocked. However, a closer look reveals a calculated display strategy: Identical products are spread out across swaths of real estate to create a veneer of abundance.

TOKYO -- U.S. actions often have far reaching repercussions for the global energy market, and Japan's relationship with oil-rich Iran in particular has been at the mercy of Washington's policy whims.

PALO ALTO, California -- U.S.-based monthly housing provider Anyplace has branched out into Japan, with work-friendly apartments in the capital that target remote technology professionals and other high-income foreigners for extended stays in the country.

TOKYO -- Japanese industrial robot developer Telexistence has been selected to take part in a fellowship for physical AI run by several prominent U.S.-based tech companies, the startup announced Thursday.

TOKYO -- More than 20 ships carrying nearly a million metric tons of fertilizer are stuck in the Gulf region amid Iran's de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz, raising fears of a fertilizer shortage that could threaten food security in Asian countries.

TOKYO -- Norinchukin Bank plans to form a business partnership with major U.S. real estate services firm CBRE here as the Japanese agricultural lender works to revamp a strategy that had focused on foreign bonds.

TOKYO -- Foreign investors sold 745.6 billion yen ($4.6 billion) more in Japanese stocks than they bought in the first week of March after U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.

TOKYO -- Japanese semiconductor trading house Kaga Electronics is building a circuit board assembly plant in Singapore, looking to begin operations as early as spring to tap growing demand from Chinese companies moving production abroad amid tensions with the U.S.