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TERRORISM 3

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2019
The risks of allowing terrorist sanctuaries
Critics who want to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan are ignoring 20 years of experience.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 22, 2019
Trump says other nations will need to fight resurgent Islamic State, and threatens to set prisoners free in their home countries
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that other countries will need to take up the fight against Islamic State militants, citing Russia, Pakistan and Iran as examples.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 18, 2019
Muslim insurgent group holds first meeting with Thai government
The main group fighting an insurgency in Thailand's largely Muslim south has held its first meeting with officials from the new Thai government and set out demands as a condition for any formal peace talks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 15, 2019
U.S. Democratic candidate Kamala Harris offers plan to curb domestic terrorism and gun sales
Kamala Harris laid out a gun control plan Wednesday that focuses on domestic terrorism, proposing action to add online gun sellers to background check requirements and expand the mission of the National Counterterrorism Center to include domestic terrorism.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 15, 2019
Mexico pushes U.S. to designate El Paso shooting massacre an act of terrorism
Mexico's government on Wednesday doubled down on its assertion that the Aug. 3 mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, was an act of terrorism against Mexicans and urged the United States to ensure the incident was designated as such.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 8, 2019
Syrian Kurdish official warns of 'big war' and Islamic State resurgence if U.S. talks fail to block Turkish onslaught
A Turkish attack on Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria would spark a "big war" if U.S. efforts fail to block Ankara's plans, a top Kurdish official told Reuters on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 4, 2019
India calls off Kashmir pilgrimage over militant threat
Thousands of Indian tourists, pilgrims and workers began leaving the disputed region of Kashmir after receiving a local government alert about possible militant attacks, and India said it killed at least five militants who were trying to attack its forces.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 2, 2019
Dozens of top Kashmiri separatists still imprisoned as India bids to marginalize leaders
More than five months after they were detained without charge, dozens of separatist leaders from Indian-administered Kashmir remain imprisoned as the government in New Delhi seeks to marginalize them, according to sources and figures from a rights group.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 2, 2019
Accused Seattle hacker of Capital One tied to threat to shoot up California social media firm
The Seattle woman accused of a massive hack of personal and financial data from Capital One Financial Corp. threatened to shoot up an unnamed California social media company, according to court records.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2019
Facebook defeats appeal in U.S. claiming it aided Hamas attacks in Israel
Facebook Inc. on Wednesday defeated an appeal by American victims of Hamas attacks in Israel, who sought to hold the company liable for providing the group a social media platform to further its terrorist goals.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 24, 2019
Tokyo prosecutors drop charges over attempts to join Islamic State
Tokyo prosecutors have dropped charges against five people in Japan accused of attempting to travel to Syria to become fighters of the Islamic State militant group around August 2014.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 23, 2019
Trump says U.S. working with Pakistan to find way out of Afghan war
President Donald Trump, speaking at a White House meeting with visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, said on Monday the United States is working with Islamabad to find a way out of the war in Afghanistan.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 21, 2019
New Zealanders hand over 10,000 guns and weapons parts in buy-back plan
New Zealanders have handed more than 10,000 guns, weapons parts and accessories in the first week of a buy-back plan prompted by the country's worst peacetime mass shooting, police figures released Sunday showed.
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 8, 2019
European privacy laws may be hampering fight against terrorism
When U.S., European and Canadian law enforcement officials claimed success last year in largely obliterating militant group Islamic State's online propaganda network following a two-year operation, it was a public database of domain names that partly helped.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 8, 2019
Taliban car bomb kills at least 14 as group holds peace talks in Qatar
A Taliban attack on a government security compound in central Afghanistan on Sunday killed at least 14 people and wounded more than 180, including scores of children, hours before a meeting in Qatar aimed at preparing the ground for peace talks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 6, 2019
Wahhabism confronted: Sri Lanka curbs Saudi influence after bombings
Sri Lanka is moving to curtail Saudi Arabian influence, after some politicians and Buddhist monks blamed the spread of the kingdom's ultraconservative Wahhabi school of Islam for planting the seeds of militancy that culminated in deadly Easter bomb attacks.
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2019
SoftBank Vision Fund weighs backing Vaak's crime-busting tech
Vaak Inc., a Japanese start-up backed by SoftBank Group Corp., said that it is lining up a ¥2 billion ($18 million) cash injection in August and that the Vision Fund could provide further funding, as the company takes its violent crime prevention software global.
China fires long-range missile into Pacific Ocean in rare test
Chinese military vehicles carrying DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missiles travel past Beijing's Tiananmen Square during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, on Oct. 1, 2019.
Takaichi and Ishiba head to runoff in LDP leadership election
A poster showing portraits of candidates for the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Wednesday
Hyogo governor to seek reelection after automatically losing his seat next week
Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito after the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly passed a no-confidence motion against him on Sept. 19　
Russia has a secret war drones project in China, intel sources say
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits a drone production facility of the the Special Technology Center in St. Petersburg on Sept. 19.
As Onosato dominates the spotlight, former sumo stars exit the stage
Takakeisho during a one-day tournament at Kokugikan in Tokyo in February 2020
Tokyo Game Show 2024 stacked with big returns and hyped announcements
Tokyo Game Show opens to the public on Sept. 28 full of cosplayers promoting a full slate of new and upcoming titles.
A first look inside the new Nintendo Museum
The Nintendo Museum opens to the public on Oct. 2, but unlike the company's all-ages games, the new attraction may be geared more toward older rather than younger gamers.
Japan MSDF warship sails through Taiwan Strait for first time
The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Sazanami arrives in Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean during a scheduled port visit in July. The Sazanami became the first Japanese warship to sail through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday.
People of all ages and sizes scale new heights amid climbing boom in Japan
A climbing wall at a kindergarten in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture. The sport has been on the rise in Japan, mainly due to the popularity it gained from the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, and new climbing walls are popping all over the place.
China fires long-range missile into Pacific Ocean in rare test
Chinese military vehicles carrying DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missiles travel past Beijing's Tiananmen Square during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, on Oct. 1, 2019.

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