Adani Enterprises sets up three airport-city units for hotels and real estate Adani Enterprises, a core company of India’s Adani Group, said on April 18 that its wholly owned unit Adani Airport City has set up three subsidiaries to handle hotel and real estate development. Effective April 6, it established Adani Navi Mumbai Airport City, Adani Guwahati Airport City and Adani Ahmedabad Airport City. Each has paid-in capital of 1 million rupees (about 1.7 million yen). The companies plan to pursue real estate business using owned or leased properties, real estate con April 30, 2026

Indonesia’s Megawati urges revival of Bandung Conference amid global tensions Indonesia’s former President Megawati Sukarnoputri on the 18th called for the Asia-Africa Conference, known as the Bandung Conference, to be convened again so countries can renew solidarity, marking the 71st anniversary of the meeting that helped lay the foundations of the Non-Aligned Movement. Referring to U.S. attacks on Venezuela and Iran, she said “the international order is being shaken.” She said rising geopolitical tensions are “a wake-up call to the world,” and argued that countri April 30, 2026

Anabuki-Backed JV to Manage Housing Complex at New Ho Chi Minh City Resort Condominium management firm Anabuki Housing Service said its Vietnam joint venture, Anabuki NL Housing Service Vietnam, in which it holds a 69% stake, signed an operations and management contract on the 18th with local company MDS for a housing complex being developed at a new resort in southern Ho Chi Minh City. The complex, LumiAn Village, is in the heart of the Dat Do resort area in the former Ba Ria-Vung Tau province. It will include townhouses and villas and feature gated shared amen April 30, 2026

Hong Kong Luxury Home Sales Value Hits 18-Quarter High in Q1 Hong Kong real estate brokerage Centaline Property said luxury single-family home deals totaled 164 in the first quarter (January-March), with a combined contract value of HK$9.056 billion (about 184 billion yen). The number of deals fell 9.4% from the previous quarter, but total value rose 6.0% to the highest level in 18 quarters. New-home transactions rose 5.3% to 20 deals, and their value jumped 27.9% to HK$3.661 billion. Resale deals fell 11.1% to 144, and value slipped 5.0% to HK$5.3 April 30, 2026

Beijing Auto Show Opens April 24, Runs Through May 3 The Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, known as the Beijing Auto Show and billed as the world’s largest auto exhibition, will be held in Beijing from April 24 to May 3. This year marks its 19th edition. The show will use two venues — the China International Exhibition Center and the Capital International Convention Center — with a total exhibition area of about 380,000 square meters. Organizers expect more than 1,000 companies to take part, including automakers and auto-parts s April 30, 2026

South Korea says U.S. is now top naphtha supplier; weighing extending oil swap into July Since the outbreak of the Middle East war, South Korea has been diversifying alternative sources of naphtha imports, with the United States emerging as the largest supplier. The government is extending its strategic oil swap program through June and is reviewing whether to extend it into July as well. Yang Gi-uk, director general for industrial resources security at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, said at a daily briefing of the Middle East war response task force on Wednesday April 30, 2026

Taiwan FamilyMart Begins Accepting Yamato Transport Parcel Drop-Offs FamilyMart Taiwan operator FamilyMart Co. (全家便利商店) said on the 28th it began accepting Yamato Transport parcel shipments the same day. Customers can drop off Yamato Transport room-temperature and refrigerated parcels at more than 4,400 stores across Taiwan, including outlying islands. Shipping labels can be entered and printed at in-store “FamiPort” terminals, or customers can book online via the FamilyMart app, Yamato Transport’s LINE account or its official website and then scan a April 30, 2026

LG CNS Warns Data Center Supply Crunch Will Persist, Expands AI-Focused Business LG CNS said it is accelerating an AI-centered transformation across its businesses — including data centers, finance, manufacturing and digital assets — as it steps up efforts to expand in South Korea and overseas. On its first-quarter conference call on Wednesday, the company said the data center market will remain undersupplied as demand for AI and cloud services grows. It cited constraints on power supply and permitting, saying demand is likely to continue to outstrip supply. In fina April 30, 2026

LG Energy Solution Targets ESS to Reach 35% of Revenue, Plans New LFP Product in 2028 LG Energy Solution said demand for cylindrical batteries used in energy storage systems helped lift first-quarter revenue despite weak electric vehicle demand. The company posted 6.555 trillion won ($?) in revenue for the quarter and said it aims to raise the share of ESS sales to 35% by year’s end, up from less than 10% last year and about 25% in the first half of this year. In a conference call on its 2026 first-quarter results on Wednesday, the company said it will use improved cost co April 30, 2026

Samsung: No Supply Chain Disruptions Since Middle East War, Freight Cost Risks Rising Samsung Electronics said Thursday that its semiconductor production lines are operating normally and that it has seen no supply chain disruptions since the outbreak of the war in the Middle East. Speaking on a conference call for its 2026 first-quarter earnings release, the company addressed concerns about possible disruptions in supplies of semiconductor raw materials as the conflict drags on. Samsung said it imports process gases from parts of Israel and the Middle East, but has sec April 30, 2026