TOKYO -- Japan's franchise store Lawson Inc. admitted on Wednesday that two of its convenience stores had systematically falsified expiration times on some food items prepared in the stores.

The well-known company, which operates around 14,000 convenience stores in Japan and also in some Chinese cities, closed the two stores after discovering the misconduct carried over a period of more than two years. (Japan-Convenience store-Scandal)

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KABUL -- Fightings in Afghanistan have killed 22 people in the insurgency-plagued country over the past two days, officials said Wednesday.

Government forces, in latest crackdown on militants, stormed a Taliban bastion in Talawka area outside Kunduz city, the capital of northern Kunduz province late Tuesday night. (Afghanistan-Fightings)

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NEW DELHI -- Priyanka Gandhi, the sister of Indian National Congress (INC) president Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday assumed the charge of party's general secretary at the party office in Delhi.

Since the last general elections held in 2014, the INC has been the main opposition party in the country.

Priyanka's appointment was considered as the first step into her active politics, though in the past elections she campaigned in the parliamentary constituencies of her brother Rahul and mother Sonia Gandhi, the former INC president. (India-INC-Priyanka)

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TOKYO -- The swine flu epidemic continued to spread rampantly in central and western Japan, with local authorities struggling to contain the highly-contagious virus, while the government remained reluctant to use vaccines to eradicate the problem.

Swine flu, also known as hog cholera, was first detected on farms in Gifu Prefecture in September, but has been newly detected in pigs at farms in neighboring Aichi Prefecture, as well as at farms in Osaka, Shiga and Nagano prefectures, authorities said. (Japan-Swine flu)

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HANOI -- Vietnam welcomes the second summit between the top leaders of the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) slated for Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam.

Spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang made the statement on Wednesday when replying to reporters' questions for Vietnam's comment on U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks in his latest State of the Union address on the second summit between him and DPRK's top leader Kim Jong Un. (Vietnam-U.S.-DPRK) Enditem

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