News Headlines - 15 January 2017

▽Merkel made catastrophic mistake over open door to refugees, says Trump | The Guardian

Donald Trump has called Angela Merkel’s open door policy to refugees a “catastrophic mistake”, which he said Germany would pay for.

▽Duterte: I rejected Japan missile offer

President Duterte has declined an offer by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to provide missiles to the Philippines, saying he does not want to see a Third World War.

▽JAXA fails in bid to launch world's smallest satellite-carrying rocket | The Japan Times

JAXA terminated a satellite launch in mid-flight Sunday after a communications malfunction forced the space agency to abort ignition of the host rocket’s second stage.

▽No country for old men: Japan’s elderly inmates prefer jail | The Indian Express

"I don't know what kind of life I should lead after I get out. I'll be worried about my health and financial situation once I leave," the inmate told media on condition of anonymity from Tokyo's Fuchu Prison

▽The mystery behind Japan's 'evaporating' people | Metro News

A bad investment had recorded a loss of 400 million yen (￡2.8 million), his bosses blamed him and he was being hounded by his clients, so one morning, in 1970, he vanished.