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TERRORISM 3

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.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 10, 2016
Gunmen kidnap three Indonesians off Sabah
Gunmen kidnapped three Indonesian tugboat crew off Malaysia's eastern state of Sabah, police said Sunday, the latest in a string of abductions in a region noted for kidnappings by Islamist militants.
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.
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.
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.
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 Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 4, 2016
U.S. still gets it wrong on IS
Islamic States' shift to suicide-bombing tactics should not be taken as a sign that the terrorist group's power is declining.
WORLD
Jul 4, 2016
Handcuffing, search of UAE national mistaken for terrorist in Ohio spurs diplomatic incident
The handcuffing of a traditionally dressed United Arab Emirates citizen mistaken for a terrorist in Ohio last week spurred the nation's government to take the unusual steps of summoning a U.S. diplomat for a meeting and advising its citizens not to wear such clothing while traveling abroad.
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’

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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
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