Duck DNA in both engines of Jeju Air plane that crashed, report says

Tokyo, 27 January, /AJMEDIA/ Both engines of the Jeju Air plane that crashed last month contained duck remains, according to a preliminary report on Monday, with authorities still trying to… Read more

Trump’s Palestinian refugee idea falls flat with Jordan and confounds a Senate ally

Tokyo, 27 January, /AJMEDIA/ President Donald Trump’s push to have Egypt and Jordan take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from besieged Gaza fell flat with the Amman government and… Read more

White House says Colombia agrees to take deported migrants after Trump tariff showdown

Tokyo, 27 January, /AJMEDIA/ The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S. on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump… Read more

Ishiba cabinet support rate flat at 35%; 84% concerned over U.S. tariffs

Tokyo, 27 January, /AJMEDIA/ The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s cabinet stands at 35.7 percent, little changed from 36.5 percent last month, amid economic uncertainties, with most… Read more

Climate change cooks up Japanese ‘cabbage shock’

Tokyo, 27 January, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s much-loved tonkatsu pork cutlets come with a mound of freshly shredded cabbage, but a surge in the price of the humble vegetable has prompted chef… Read more

German film ‘The Investigation’ aims to educate young viewers on Auschwitz horrors

Tokyo, 27 January, /AJMEDIA/ Against a darkened TV sound stage, a woman testifies before judges on a bare black platform about how her boss at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp,… Read more

Osaka bans street smoking ahead of World Expo

Tokyo, 27 January, /AJMEDIA/ The city of Osaka on Monday imposed a smoking ban on public streets as part of efforts to become more visitor-friendly ahead of this year’s World… Read more

Japanese man ends 6,000-km Africa rickshaw trek in Cape Town

Tokyo, 27 January, /AJMEDIA/ A 34-year-old Japanese man on Sunday arrived in Cape Town to end a more than 6,000-kilometer journey from Kenya to South Africa on foot while pulling… Read more

Sacai brings wild nostalgia to Paris Fashion Week

Tokyo, 27 January, /AJMEDIA/ Sacai, Japan’s biggest fashion powerhouse, brought the wild side to Paris Fashion Week with Sunday’s collection that reimagined childhood nostalgia through a lens of cutting-edge design.… Read more

Japan gov’t eyes extending stays of pregnant skilled foreign workers

Tokyo, 27 January, /AJMEDIA/ The Japanese government is considering extending the five-year residency limit for skilled foreign workers if they become pregnant, a source familiar with the matter said. The… Read more