News Headlines - 30 September 2015

▽Series of Explosions in Southern China Kill at Least 7 - The New York Times

At least seven people died and more than 50 were wounded when a succession of explosions tore through a town in southern China on Wednesday in what the police said appeared to be attacks perpetrated by a local man.

▽China arrests two Japanese men on spying charges | The Guardian

China has confirmed it is holding two Japanese men on espionage charges, prompting a furious denial from Tokyo that it spies on its neighbour or any other country.
Japanese media said the two men, both from the private sector, had been in custody for several months.

▽Former U.S. spy agency contractor Snowden draws crowd with Twitter debut | Daily Mail Online

Snowden, the fugitive former National Security Agency contractor who leaked details about the U.S. government's massive surveillance programs, started a Twitter account on Tuesday from exile in Russia with a simple handle - @snowden.

▽Mizuho to Buy Stake in Matthews Asia in Fund-Management Push - Bloomberg Business

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. will buy a minority stake in Matthews International Capital Management LLC, an Asia-focused U.S. asset manager, to capitalize on a shift from savings to investment in Japan.

▽Japan Tobacco to buy Reynolds’ Natural American Spirit for $5bn - FT.com

Japan Tobacco is to buy $5bn of cigarette assets from US-rival Reynolds American, in a deal designed to give the former Japanese state monopoly even greater dominance of its domestic market.