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(Adnkronos) – Over 80 people, mostly women, have been kidnapped by armed gangs in two separate attacks launched on Saturday and Sunday in northern Nigeria, where armed gangs have been carrying out mass kidnappings for ransom for years. On Saturday, at least

(Adnkronos) – Swedish Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson has stated that she was unable to form a government with the other three parties of the left bloc after the general elections on September 13. “Based on the discussions I have had, I

Shanghai, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Duskin Co. on Monday opened a Mister Donut outlet in Shanghai, returning to the Chinese market after a hiatus of some seven years. The company withdrew from mainland China in 2019. The new take-away outlet is located

Maebashi, Gunma Pref., Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Police in Gunma Prefecture have arrested a 30-year-old man wanted in connection with a case in which his former wife’s 52-year-old mother was murdered and the victim’s 26-year-old son was injured in the Gunma city of

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Typhoon Surigae will likely travel in a northeasterly direction near the Izu island chain, south of Tokyo, on Thursday after moving over waters south of the Shikoku western and Tokai central Japan regions between Tuesday and Wednesday, the

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese beer companies are revamping flagship products and reclassifying quasi-beer items as beer as they prepare for intensifying competition following Thursday’s unification of liquor taxes on beer and related products. As the tax rate change will narrow

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Noriyuki Higashiyama, president of Japanese talent agency Smile-Up. Inc., formerly Johnny & Associates Inc., said Monday that he will step down from his position. Lawyer Masayuki Yamada, chief compliance officer at Smile-Up., will take over as president, effective

Kyoto, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Nidec Corp. is considering a shake-up of its executive team, including its president, Mitsuya Kishida, in the wake of accounting and quality scandals at the major Japanese motor manufacturer, company sources said Monday. The Kyoto-based company is also

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–In the recent cabinet reshuffle and Liberal Democratic Party executive personnel changes, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, also president of the LDP, appointed only a few women, despite her earlier pledge to increase women’s representation to levels seen

Yokohama, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–With about half a year until the opening of the International Horticultural Expo 2027 in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, participating companies are accelerating the construction of signature facilities emphasizing resource circulation and coexistence with nature. With the theme