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Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 16, 2016
Terrorism and sexual assault cast shadow over Japanese travelers
Surely if a prize were to be awarded for the week's most controversial article, it would go to Shukan Shincho's piece titled "If you're traveling abroad, here is a phrase from the Quran you should memorize."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 12, 2016
Trump adviser outlines an all-out war on terror
A former U.S. general who is advising Donald Trump argues the next president should go big and try to win the fight against radical Islam.
WORLD
Jul 10, 2016
U.S. missile brought down Russian helicopter in Syria: report
Two Russian airmen killed in Syria on Friday were shot down with American weaponry, the Interfax news agency said Sunday, quoting a Russian military source.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2016
Anatomy of the Dhaka attack
Bangladesh today is fighting for its soul. The U.S., India and other states ought to significantly ramp up assistance to Dhaka.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2016
The rise of Islamic extremism in Bangladesh
The Dhaka attack has shown that even Bangladeshis who are highly educated are now being drawn toward Wahhabi ideology.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 7, 2016
Japan plans extra spending on anti-terrorism measures in wake of Bangladesh attack
The government will spend hundreds of billions of yen on anti-terrorism and safety measures as part of an extra stimulus budget in the wake of the attack by Islamist militants in Bangladesh that killed seven Japanese, government sources said.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2016
Controlling Islamist terror
Unless concerted efforts are made to fight the ideology of jihad and drain the terrorism-breeding swamps, liberal, pluralistic states could come under siege.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 7, 2016
Dhaka cafe carnage just taste of what's to come till caliphate rules world: Islamic State video
Islamic State has warned of repeated attacks in Bangladesh and beyond until rule by sharia, Islamic law, is established, saying in a video last week's killing of 20 people in a Dhaka cafe was merely a glimpse of what is to come.
WORLD
Jul 7, 2016
Dhaka chef killed by police storming hostage standoff now believed in league with terrorists
A pizza chef killed during a militant attack on a cafe where he worked in Bangladesh's capital city last week was probably in league with the assailants, police said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 6, 2016
Bodies of nine Italians slain in Dhaka terrorist massacre brought to Rome
The bodies of nine Italians killed by Islamist militants who stormed an upmarket restaurant in the Bangladeshi capital last week were brought to Rome in a military plane on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 6, 2016
Dhaka police criticized for not heeding online terrorist attack threat, may have mistakenly killed hostage
Bangladeshi police said on Tuesday one of the men they shot dead during the siege of a Dhaka cafe on the weekend may have been a hostage killed by mistake, while the hunt for accomplices of the gunmen who killed 20 people focused on six suspects.
EDITORIALS
Jul 5, 2016
Erdogan reverses course
Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan's foreign policy switch positions him and his country to play a larger role in the region.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 5, 2016
Bangladesh hunts for six alleged accomplices of cafe attackers
Bangladeshi police hunted on Tuesday for six members of a domestic Islamist group they suspect helped gunmen attack a Dhaka cafe, as officials began questioning families of the militants for clues as to what turned them into killers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 4, 2016
Kin view victim's bodies in Dhaka as attack highlights growing Islamic State threat
Bangladesh stepped up its probe into the Dhaka hostage siege Monday as relatives of the seven Japanese victims witnessed their suffering firsthand when they viewed and identified the tortured and disfigured bodies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 4, 2016
Japanese firms assess work prospects, staff safety in Bangladesh after attack
The terrorist attack in Dhaka has dampened prospects for Japanese firms that in recent years have grown more dependent on Bangladesh.
EDITORIALS
Jul 4, 2016
Dhaka terrorist attack
Japan must work together with other countries to dispel the seeds of terrorism that exist in societies worldwide.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Saitama court bans demonstrations over anti-Kurd hate speech
Kurdish people in Japan in 2015. A court injunction has banned acts that defame the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association and are disrespectful, such as putting up banner flags or handing out fliers with hate speech like “Refugees should go back to their home countries.”
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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