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AIRSTRIKES

Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2014
Japan sides with U.S. over airstrikes in Syria, Kishida tells Kerry
Japan approves of United States-led airstrikes in the fight against Islamic State militants and supports a coalition headed by Washington, Tokyo's foreign minister said Tuesday.
WORLD
Sep 24, 2014
United States defends Syria airstrikes in letter to U.N. chief
The United States told the United Nations on Tuesday it led airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria because President Bashar al-Assad's government had failed to wipe out safe havens used by the group to launch attacks on Iraq.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 28, 2014
Libya warns UNSC of possible slide into civil war
Libya warned the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that the chaotic North African state could descend into full-scale civil war if heavily armed warring factions are not disarmed.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 26, 2014
Egypt, UAE carried out Tripoli air strikes: U.S. officials
Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were responsible for carrying out two series of airstrikes in the past week on armed Islamist factions in Tripoli, U.S. officials said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 21, 2014
No letup in attacks on Iraq militants fter U.S. journalist's beheading, Obama says
President Barack Obama said the beheading of a U.S. journalist by Islamic radicals won't deter him from a bombing campaign aimed at driving them back.
WORLD
Aug 12, 2014
U.K. rules out Iraq airstrikes, plans more refugee aid
The U.K. ruled out joining U.S. airstrikes on Islamic State militants in Iraq as it stepped up efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to refugees.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 10, 2014
Obama says fight against Iraq insurgency could 'take some time'
President Barack Obama said on Saturday U.S. airstrikes had destroyed arms that Islamic State militants could have used against Iraqi Kurds, but warned there was no quick fix to a crisis that threatens to tear Iraq apart.Speaking the day after U.S. warplanes hit militants in Iraq, Obama said it would...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 9, 2014
Japan backs U.S. airstrikes on militants in Iraq, Kishida tells Kerry
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, on Saturday expressed Japan's backing for U.S. airstrikes on Islamic militants in Iraq.
COMMENTARY / World
May 2, 2013
Barren legal ground for U.S. airstrikes in Syria
Would the U.S. have any legal justification for launching airstrikes against Syrian government radars, antiaircraft sites and air bases — and killing civilians?
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The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
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Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
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How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
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