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TERRORISM

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2022
Al-Zawahri killing was a great success of a bygone era
After 9/11, the U.S. built a man-hunting machine without parallel in human history. But today, its priorities lie elsewhere.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 3, 2022
Biden's al-Qaida counterterrorism win masks some concerns with strategy
The CIA drone strike that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri relied on a perfect set of conditions, analysts say.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 2, 2022
Al-Qaida leader's killing highlights Afghanistan’s renewed role as terrorist haven
The death of Ayman al-Zawahri has spotlighted the extent to which the group seems to once again be operating freely in the Taliban-ruled country following the U.S. withdrawal.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 2, 2022
Ayman al-Zawahri: From Cairo physician to al-Qaida leader
The first time the world heard of him was when he stood in a courtroom cage after the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat in 1981.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 2, 2022
Biden says U.S. strike in Kabul killed a planner of 9/11 attacks
The drone strike had been planned for weeks, according to a senior administration official, and included a scale model of al-Zawahri's house in Kabul.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 15, 2022
Man acquitted in deadly 1985 Air India bombing case killed in Canada
Ripudaman Singh Malik was reportedly shot outside his clothing business in the area of Vancouver.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jun 1, 2022
Japan Times 1972: 3 Japanese kill 26 at Tel Aviv
Tragedy strikes in 1972 when three Japanese gunmen terrorize Israel, and police take into custody the criminal that would become known to the country as 'Boy A.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 30, 2022
The U.S. risks paying a high price for a nuclear deal with Iran
Removing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard's terrorist designation would buttress an already-dangerous organization.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 4, 2022
Inside the U.S. raid on Islamic State's leader: Months of preparation, then a deadly blast
Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi is said to have detonated a bomb as U.S. forces closed in, killing himself and several others.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 4, 2022
‘Those who remain will die’: Neighbors recall night of fear in Syria raid
The U.S. hailed the rare airborne raid by commandos in a rebel-held patch of Syria as a major success against terrorism, saying it ended the life of the leader of the Islamic State group.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 2, 2022
Islamic State group hits back, aided by power vacuum in Iraq and Syria
Years after the group lost its grip on the area, Islamic State fighters are re-emerging, thriving on the lack of central control.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 19, 2022
The world needs to step up and save Afghanistan
At a time when the Afghan people need more international aid, they are being denied even the basics due to measures targeting the Taliban.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Dec 22, 2021
Hong Kong went from zero to 29 terrorism arrests in 18 months
The cases have been accompanied by a flurry of warnings by government officials that radicals could be planning more attacks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2021
Out of Texas, a cowboy solution to an Afghan crisis
The informal currency swap will prop up a small part of the Afghan economy but certainly won't be enough to prevent the country from slipping into full-blown famine this winter.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2021
Taliban turning Afghanistan into narco-terrorist state
Afghanistan accounts for 85% of the global acreage under opium cultivation, making the Taliban the world's largest drug cartel.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 18, 2021
Why Iraqi Kurds are fleeing their peaceful homeland
Given that so many Iraqi Kurds are now seeking instead to escape from the region shows the extent to which hopes for economic and political opportunity in the post-Saddam Hussein era have evaporated.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 7, 2021
Iraqi PM safe after drone attack on residence, military says
Three drones were used in the attack, including two that were intercepted and downed by security forces while a third drone hit the prime minister's residence.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
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.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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