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Kao Corporation (TOKYO:4452) has identified its international makeup brand KATE as a strategic growth driver within its cosmetics portfolio. This initiative aligns with the company’s ambition to ...

Two centuries after his downfall, Napoleon remains both revered and controversial in France — but above all, unavoidable.