Trump floats plan to ‘just clean out’ Gaza

Tokyo, 26 January, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. President Donald Trump floated a plan Saturday to “just clean out” Gaza, and said he wants Egypt and Jordan to take Palestinians from the territory… Read more

North Korea test cruise missile system and vows ‘toughest’ response to U.S.

Tokyo, 26 January, /AJMEDIA/ North Korea said Sunday it tested a cruise missile system, its third known weapons display this year, and vowed “the toughest” response to what it called… Read more

Rubio threatens bounties on Taliban leaders over detained Americans

Tokyo, 26 January, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday threatened bounties on the heads of Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders, sharply escalating the tone as he said more Americans… Read more

Loyalty tests and MAGA checks: Inside the Trump White House’s intense screening of job-seekers

Tokyo, 26 January, /AJMEDIA/ Job-seekers hoping to join the new Trump administration are facing a series of intense loyalty tests, with White House screening teams fanning out to government agencies… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: Jan. 26, 2025

Tokyo, 26 January, /AJMEDIA/ Japan PM Ishiba Cabinet support rate flat at 35%,84% fret over U.S. tariffs TOKYO – The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Cabinet stands… Read more

Ishiba to skip nuclear arms ban treaty meeting in New York, but lawmakers may attend

Tokyo, 26 January, /AJMEDIA/ Lawmakers from Japan’s ruling parties may attend a convention of signatories to a U.N. nuclear weapons ban treaty in New York this March, but no government… Read more

Seven & i mulls IPO of North American convenience store unit

Tokyo, 26 January, /AJMEDIA/ Seven & I Holdings Co is considering an initial public offering of its North American convenience store subsidiary to raise cash to support a management buyout… Read more

BOJ on complex path to more rate hikes amid flagging economy

Tokyo, 26 January, /AJMEDIA/ Further deliberations are expected to be required for the Bank of Japan to explore future interest rate hikes, with its key policy rate having approached the… Read more

Bridgestone announces tire plant closure in Tennessee with 700 layoffs and other reductions.

Tokyo, 26 January, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese Tire manufacturer Bridgestone Americas is closing its LaVergne, Tennessee, truck and bus radial tire plant and laying off 700 workers there, the company announced in… Read more

Dutch researchers employ unique e-bike to make cycling safer

Tokyo, 26 January, /AJMEDIA/ Dutch university researcher Holger Caesar heads out into the afternoon traffic on a bicycle like no other, equipped to collect data he believes may one day… Read more