News Headlines - 15 April 2016

▽Japan Earthquake: Aerial View of Damage

Southern Japan was hit by a 7.3-magnitude earthquake early Saturday, after a magnitude 6.5 temblor struck the island of Kyushu late Thursday.

▽Japan’s Negative-Rate Experiment Is Floundering - WSJ

Japan’s two-month experiment with negative interest rates is producing some unexpected results... Instead of falling, the yen has surged to 18-month highs against the U.S. dollar.

▽Spain’s Industry Minister Steps Down Over Panama Papers Revelations - The New York Times

The Spanish minister of industry, energy and tourism resigned Friday morning after documents in the Panama Papers linked him to offshore investments in the Bahamas, and news reports then connected him to a company in the tax haven of Jersey.

▽Germany Turkey: Merkel allows inquiry into comic's Erdogan insult - BBC News

Germany will allow the potential prosecution of a top comedian after the Turkish president filed a complaint.
Jan Boehmermann had recited a satirical poem on television which made sexual references to Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

▽Historians Identify 35 Descendants of Leonardo da Vinci | Smithsonian

Using historical documents and genealogical detective work, researchers have reconstructed 15 generations of Leonardo's family tree