U.S. issues broad freeze on foreign aid after Trump orders review

Tokyo, 25 January, /AJMEDIA/ The U.S. State Department issued a “stop-work” order on Friday for all existing foreign assistance and paused new aid, according to a cable seen by Reuters,… Read more

Trump proposes getting rid of FEMA while touring disaster areas

Tokyo, 25 January, /AJMEDIA/ President Donald Trump surveyed disaster zones in California and North Carolina on Friday and said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency,… Read more

Zelensky warns Putin wants to ‘manipulate’ Trump on Ukraine

Tokyo, 25 January, /AJMEDIA/ Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday warned that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin wanted to “manipulate” Donald Trump, after the Kremlin chief praised the U.S. leader… Read more

U.S. military aircraft deport migrants as Pentagon readies more troops for border

Tokyo, 25 January, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. military C-17 aircraft began flying detained migrants out of the country on Friday, following orders from President Donald Trump, as the Pentagon prepared to send… Read more

Japan’s foreign minister stresses importance of U.S. alliance under Trump

Tokyo, 25 January, /AJMEDIA/ Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya on Friday renewed Japan’s pledge to strengthen its alliance with the United States under new President Donald Trump and to promote global… Read more

Naoko Yamada’s anime ‘The Colors Within’ is a gentle stunner

Tokyo, 25 January, /AJMEDIA/ Kids movies so often bear little of the actual lived-in experience of growing up, but Naoko Yamada’s luminous anime “The Colors Within” gently reverberates with the… Read more

Japan department store sales in 2024 top pre-pandemic levels of 2019

Tokyo, 25 January, /AJMEDIA/ Department store sales in Japan in 2024 totaled 5.75 trillion yen, surpassing the pre-coronavirus pandemic levels of 2019 amid inbound tourism boom, data by an industry… Read more

Which U.S. companies are pulling back on diversity initiatives?

Tokyo, 25 January, /AJMEDIA/ A number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests… Read more

Mitsubishi Motors won’t be joining Honda-Nissan merger: source

Tokyo, 25 January, /AJMEDIA/ Mitsubishi Motors Corp is considering not joining the planned merger between Nissan Motor Co and Honda Motor Co and instead focusing on strengthening cooperation with the… Read more

Births in Japan likely to fall below 700,000 for 1st time in 2024

Tokyo, 25 January, /AJMEDIA/ The number of births in Japan in 2024 is likely to fall below 700,000 for the first time after government data showed Friday that the figure… Read more