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ISLAMIC STATE

Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 25, 2016
Tech could help secure public spaces, if Europeans wants more surveillance
Facial recognition software, scanners that detect weapons and cameras that spot nervous people are some of the technologies that could be used more widely to secure public places, but some would require greater acceptance of surveillance in Europe.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 25, 2016
Recent raids may have led Brussels bombers to ditch plan to hit nuke plant: paper
Suicide bombers who blew themselves up in Brussels were originally considering an attack on a nuclear site in Belgium, but arrests started last week may have forced them to switch to targets in the Belgian capital, the DH newspaper said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2016
Japanese man who reportedly tried to join Islamic State group arrives back home
A 23-year-old Japanese man who was reportedly trying to join the Islamic State militant group has returned to Japan after being deported by Turkish authorities who captured him close to the Syrian border.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 24, 2016
G-7 foreign ministers to focus on terrorism in April meeting
Japan plans to issue a chair's statement strongly condemning terrorism when it hosts the Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting in Hiroshima next month, government sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2016
Belgium, my country, has been living in denial
Belgium's failures as a state over the past 30 years have also helped produce the perpetrators of jihadist atrocities.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2016
Bombings are a sign of Islamic State's panic
The Brussels attacks by Islamic State may be a sign of a group feeling cornered and on the run.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2016
Keep terrorism in perspective
People should be reminded that they are in much greater danger of dying from a fall in the bath than of dying in a terrorist attack.
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2016
Two Japanese men injured in Brussels bombings named; one remains in coma
A government source has identified one of the two Japanese nationals injured in Tuesday's terror attacks in Brussels as Yu Takita, who was hospitalized with serious injuries sustained in the subway blast.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2016
Belgium warned of attacks — it wasn't enough
The only way to counter the Islamic State group's threat to Europe is to stop it militarily and dry up its finances.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 23, 2016
U.S. airports, airlines on high alert after deadly Belgium bombings
Airports in major U.S. cities were on high alert on Tuesday, with police out in force after at least 30 people were killed in bombings on Brussels airport and a rush-hour subway train, though officials said there was no specific threat to the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2016
Islamic State claims responsibility for explosions that rock Brussels airport, subway, killing at least 30
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for attacks on Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train in the Belgian capital  Tuesday that killed at least 30 people, a news agency affiliated to the group said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2016
Damascus love songs can't drown out the destruction of Syria
At the Damascus opera house, youths in jeans, old gentlemen in suits and ties and women in long-sleeved dresses and headscarves cheer and applaud the two performers of Arabic love songs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2016
Abdeslam's lawyer slams French prosecutor for divulging 'suicide bomber' admission
The lawyer defending the prime surviving suspect for the Nov. 13 Paris attacks said on Sunday he would sue a French prosecutor for divulging his client's admission that he had planned to blow himself up with fellow Islamic State militants.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2016
Russia can make powerful Syria military comeback in hours: Putin
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia could scale up its military presence in Syria again within hours and would still bomb terrorist groups there despite a partial drawdown of forces ordered after military successes.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 18, 2016
Irking Turkey, Assad, Kurds declare north Syria federal autonomous zone
Syria's Kurdish-controlled northern regions voted to seek autonomy under a federal system on Thursday, angering both the Damascus government and neighboring power Turkey with a move that could complicate new U.N.-backed peace talks.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Mar 16, 2016
Seat at front of geopolitical table allowed Putin to scale back in Syria
Vladimir Putin cited Russian military success in Syria as his reason for scaling back his forces there. But his belief that the intervention delivered him a seat at the top table of world affairs is more likely to have tipped his hand.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 13, 2016
Government and opposition far apart over Assad fate before Syria peace talks
Syria's government on Saturday ruled out any discussion of the fate of the presidency at peace talks this week, just as the lead opposition negotiator said a political transition could not even start unless Bashar Assad was no longer president.
WORLD
Mar 13, 2016
Islamic State using birth control to keep supply of sex slaves: NY Times
The Islamic State is using several forms of contraception to maintain its supply of sex slaves, the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing interviews with more than three dozen Yazidi women who escaped from the militant group.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 11, 2016
Islamic State group greatly expands control in Libya, U.N. report finds
The Islamic State group has greatly expanded its control over territory in Libya and the militants are claiming to be the key defense for the North African state against foreign military intervention, United Nations sanctions monitors said.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 10, 2016
Time to redraw the map of the Middle East
The Middle East map should to redrawn to reflect current ethnic, tribal, religious and political realities.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
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'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
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
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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