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TERRORISM 3

Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 2, 2017
Islamic State attack on Iraq police checkpoint kills seven, shows guerrilla-style capability
Islamic State attacked an Iraqi police checkpoint near the southern city of Najaf on Sunday, killing seven policemen as government forces in the north made more gains against the militants in Mosul, their last major stronghold in the country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 30, 2016
Man claiming to be Boko Haram chief says in video group not routed from Sambisa stronghold
A man purporting to be the leader of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, denied the jihadi group has been pushed out of its stronghold in the Sambisa forest.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 29, 2016
Five dead in attack in China's Xinjiang
Attackers drove a car into a government building in China's unruly far western region of Xinjiang on Wednesday and set off an explosive device, killing one person, the regional government said. All four of the attackers were shot dead.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 29, 2016
Nigerian army says Boko Haram may have used Chibok girls as shields while fleeing in forest
Boko Haram fighters fleeing an attack on their base last week may have used some of the girls kidnapped in 2014 from northeast Nigeria's Chibok as human shields to prevent being fired upon by fighter jets, a military commander said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 28, 2016
Polish trucker shot dead by hijacker hours before Berlin attack: report
A Polish truck driver whose hijacked vehicle was used to crash into a Berlin Christmas market was shot in the head several hours before the attack and could not have attempted to foil it as previously thought, the Bild newspaper reported on Tuesday.
WORLD
Dec 27, 2016
Turkey seeks U.S.-led coalition air support against Islamic State forces in north Syria town
Turkey on Monday called on members of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State to provide air support for Turkish-backed troops besieging the Syrian town of al-Bab, held by the group.
EDITORIALS
Dec 26, 2016
The year the establishment failed
Key events in 2016 were moments of disintegration that exposed a frail and fragile political order.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2016
Yes, 2016 was bad — and 2017 could be worse
This has been a complicated year. Don't count on 2017 being any easier.
WORLD
Dec 26, 2016
Indonesian police say IS-backed militants planned to carry out New Year's Eve attack
Indonesian militants supporting the Islamic State militant group planned to attack a police post on New Year's Eve with machetes and knives, a police spokesman said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 26, 2016
French-Swiss aid worker abducted in Malian city of Gao
A French-Swiss aid worker has been kidnapped in the city of Gao in northern Mali, and French and Malian authorities are working together to rescue her, the French foreign ministry said on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 23, 2016
Trump's tweet on expanding U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal raises questions and fears
A call by President-elect Donald Trump for an expansion of the United States' nuclear capabilities has alarmed nonproliferation experts, who said a boost to the U.S. arsenal could fuel global tensions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2016
Terrorism: a small threat designed to look big
The sensible response to terrorist attacks is prevention: good intelligence-gathering and smarter security measures, not mass arrests and foreign wars.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 22, 2016
Trump: Berlin truck massacre 'an attack against humanity'
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump condemned the attack at a Christmas market in Berlin as "an attack against humanity" on Wednesday.
WORLD
Dec 19, 2016
Islamic State claims Benghazi suicide bombing deadly to at least seven
At least seven people were killed and eight wounded when a suicide bomber targeted forces loyal to Libya's eastern government in Benghazi on Sunday, medical and security officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 14, 2016
After fall of Aleppo, Syria's Assad still far from regaining his country
When President Bashar Assad turns from the wreckage of Aleppo to assert his authority across a fractured Syria, it will be as a figure who is virtually unassailable by rebels, but still faces great challenges in restoring the power of his state.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 14, 2016
Guns fall silent in Aleppo as deal lets civilians, rebels exit amid reports of atrocities
Rebel resistance in the Syrian city of Aleppo ended on Tuesday after years of fighting and months of bitter siege and bombardment that culminated in a bloody retreat, as insurgents agreed to withdraw in a cease-fire.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 12, 2016
Syrian rebels get proposal to leave Aleppo as Islamic State retakes Palmyra
The Syrian Army and its allies made sweeping advances in Aleppo overnight, subjecting rebels in the city to the heaviest bombardment in days and pushing them to the brink of collapse, state media and a monitoring group said Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 12, 2016
Emergence of political Islam puts Indonesian president in difficult situation
As the ranks of protesters thickened in central Jakarta on Dec. 2, turning into Indonesia's biggest mass demonstration since the end of authoritarian rule in 1998, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo grappled with a dilemma: should he join the rally or stay away?
In rare retrial, Shizuoka court rules ex-boxer not guilty of 1966 murders
Hideko Hakamata (center) and lawyers representing her younger brother, Iwao Hakamata, pose with a banner that reads "Iwao Hakamata verdict not guilty" as they leave the Shizuoka District Court on Thursday after the ruling was delivered.
Giant African snails mark 90 years of history in Okinawa
Giant African snails are unpopular among local residents and are referred to as an alien species that shouldn’t be touched, as they damage crops and sometimes hosts rat lungworms.
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
Putin issues nuclear warning to the West over Ukraine striking Russia
Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Security Council on the subject of nuclear deterrence in Moscow on Wednesday.
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.
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.
Deadline approaches for free HPV vaccine 'catch-up' campaign
A 13-year-old junior high school student receives a vaccine for the human papillomavirus at a hospital in Tokyo in 2022.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

A woman passes an "akichi" (vacant lot) in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo. The capital is littered with such small lots in part because of Japan's aging and shrinking population.
Dealing with rising land vacancies as Japan shrinks
By Alex K.T. Martin

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