Salmon with large tapeworms arrive in the U. S.
(NEWSER) – U. S. salmon lovers feeling bad for those overseas infected with a pesky parasite can start worrying about themselves.
The Japanese broad tapeworm, aka Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense , is usually only found in fish from Asia’s Pacific coasts, CNN reports, but per a study in the CDC’s Emerging Infectious Diseases journal, wild salmon netted in Alaska were also plagued by the parasite.
Researchers now say that could mean salmon caught anywhere off North America’s Pacific coasts could be affected, though the health effects aren’t generally serious. The scientists, however, warn the problem could spread if not remedied: Because salmon is often packed and transported on ice (but not frozen), the tapeworm’s larvae may be able to survive the trip, possibly infecting consumers in Europe, New Zealand, China, and other parts of the US.
The researchers cut open 64 wild Alaskan salmon in 2013 to find the larvae (some up to 15 mm long), and gene sequencing identified it as the Japanese tapeworm. Four species are known to carry it: chum salmon, masu salmon, pink salmon, and sockeye salmon.
Per Food Safety Magazine , infection risk is increased when consuming raw or undercooked fish. A preventive medicine professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine tells CNN most infected humans remain asymptomatic — some may feel slight abdominal discomfort or nausea — though there are rare cases in which the infection can turn serious. The CDC notes that freezing or cooking the fish will annihilate Diphyllobothrium parasites.
(A Canadian man bit into a piece of salmon and fell into a coma .)
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte walk together for their meeting at the Malacanang Palace grounds, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, in Manila, Philippines. Abe arrived Thursday for a two-day official visit that includes a visit to Duterte’s hometown of Davao city in southern Philippines.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
TOKYO — 
With a visit to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s bedroom, having one of the world’s rarest birds named in his honour and guided by a sockless host, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had a morning to remember on Friday. Duterte, a charismatic politician known at home for his folksy charm, dropped many of the formal protocols normally associated with visits by a head of government as he took Abe on a tour of his beloved southern home city of Davao. Abe’s day began with a visit to Duterte’s “simple home” for a breakfast of sticky rice cakes and mung bean soup, a presidential aide said, with the leaders dining at a wooden table before heading for a look around Duterte’s house. “We also showed him how the president enjoys the comfort of his own bed, including his old and favourite mosquito net,” Duterte’s aide, Christopher Go, wrote on Facebook alongside a photo of the leaders smiling while standing next to the bed. The leaders later had a casual meeting at a hotel overlooking the sea, where Duterte was photographed in a checkered shirt and long pants but no socks – a familiar look for the 71-year-old who takes pride in his informal fashion style. Abe’s next activity saw him standing in front of a stuffed Philippine eagle, the national bird and one of the world’s most endangered. A ceremony saw a two-year-old eagle named Sakura after the famous Japanese cherry blossom. Abe was given a photo of the eagle, which is kept at a nearby sanctuary, as well as a fluffy toy version draped in indigenous clothing. Abe, normally blue-suited and politically conservative who nevertheless showed off his fun side last year when he ’ closing ceremony, appeared to enjoy the day. He smiled and laughed throughout the eagle ceremony, and ended his Davao trip at a Japanese-language school where he was greeted by singing and flag-waving children. Abe was the first foreign leader to visit the Philippines since Duterte took office just over six months ago. His two-day trip began on Thursday with a much more formal itinerary in the capital of Manila, where he held meetings with Duterte at the presidential palace. Abe was also the first head of government to visit Davao, the largest city in the southern Philippines that is 1,500km from Manila. Duterte, a long-time mayor of Davao before becoming president, has made developing the southern Philippines a top priority, arguing the region has been neglected by “imperial Manila”. Abe flew from Davao to Australia on Friday afternoon as part of a trip that will include Indonesia and Vietnam.
MANILA: Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe feasted on bean soup and rice cakes at the humble home of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, and sampled the down-to-earth living of a volatile new friend who is shaking up the status quo in Asia.
本格的な入試シーズンの幕開けとなる大学入試センター試験が１４日、全国の６９１会場で始まる。日程は１５日までの２日間で、志願者数は前年度より１万２１９９人多い５７万５９６７人。参加大学の内訳は国立８２校、公立８６校、私立５２６校で、国公立大は大学院大を除く全校が利用する。 試験期間中、北日本から西日本までの日本海側を中心に大雪や猛吹雪になるとして、気象庁は警戒を呼び掛けている。大学入試センターも受験生に余裕を持って試験会場に向かうよう呼び掛けたほか、会場の各大学に対し、交通の混乱などがあった場合、試験開始時刻を繰り下げるといった対応を取るよう求めた。
［ワシントン １３日 ロイター］ – 米労働省が１３日発表した昨年１２月の卸売物価指数（ＰＰＩ、最終需要財向け財・サービス）は、前月比０．３％上昇した。市場予想と一致した。１１月は０．４％上昇していた。 前年同月比では１．６％上昇と２０１４年９月以来、２年３カ月ぶりの大きな伸びとなった。こちらも市場予想と一致した。１１月は１．３％の上昇だった。 １２月はエネルギー製品の価格が２．６％上昇し、最終需要財の伸びのうち約６０パーセントを占めた。エネルギー価格は１１月は０．３％の下落だった。 これに伴って最終需要財は１２月に０．７％上昇となった。 原油安による押し下げ効果が薄れたことで、卸売物価は上昇しつつある。原油価格は１バレル＝５０ドルを超える水準で推移しており、１２日に発表された輸出入物価統計によると、昨年１２月の輸入物価は前年同月比で５年ぶりに近い大きな上昇となった。 ただ、トランプ氏の米大統領選勝利後はドル高が再燃しており、原油値上がりによる物価押し上げ効果は薄まる可能性がある。 １２月は食品が０．７％上昇し、１１月の０．６％上昇から伸びを拡大した。 ヘルスケア費用は横ばい。１１月は０．２％の上昇だった。これらは連邦準備理事会（ＦＲＢ）が物価の目安として注視する個人消費支出（ＰＣＥ）物価指数に反映される。 変動の大きい貿易サービスは０．２％上昇。１１月は１．３％の大幅上昇だった。貿易サービスは卸売業や小売業の利潤の変化を示す。 変動の大きい食品とエネルギー、貿易サービスを除き、基調的な物価動向を示すとされるコア卸売物価は前月比で０．１％上昇。前年同月比では１．７％上昇だった。１１月はそれぞれ０．２％と１．８％の上昇だった。
無料通信アプリ「ＬＩＮＥ」（ライン）で元交際相手の女性にメッセージを連続して送信したなどとして、北海道警札幌北署は１３日、ストーカー規制法違反の疑いで札幌市北区篠路、無職棟方勝己容疑者（５１）を逮捕した。容疑を認めているという。 
If the 21st century ultimately fulfills its predicted destiny as the “Pacific Century,” future historians will mark 2013 as the watershed year in which the gravity of world power began to tilt toward the Asia-Pacific, and perhaps 2017 as the decisive year of the shift. In 2013, two major economic strategies to strengthen regional cohesion and global connectivity were announced: China’s massive “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) and South Korea’s “Eurasia Initiative” (EAI). While the former has clearly overshadowed the latter, the relatively tiny South Korea’s aspirations may ultimately hold the key to the success or failure of China’s grand vision because of the pivotal role North Korea plays in the destiny of both countries. 
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday assigned a new prosecutor to take charge of the alleged kidnapping of a South Korean businessman in Angeles City three months ago. 
