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TERRORISM

Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 27, 2016
U.S. and Russia fail to close deal on ending violence in Syria
The United States and Russia failed on Friday to reach a breakthrough deal on military cooperation and a nationwide cessation of hostilities in Syria, saying they still have issues to resolve before an agreement could be announced.
WORLD
Aug 25, 2016
Germany revamps national crisis plan for first time in 20 years
Germany has told its citizens to stock up on water and food in the event of a terrorist attack or national catastrophe and may even consider re-introducing conscription in its first overhaul of civil defenses in two decades.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 25, 2016
Gunmen storm American University in Kabul, kill guard, wound at least 21
Afghan security forces killed two gunmen who attacked the American University in Kabul, police said early on Thursday, ending an assault on the compound that killed at least one person and sent hundreds of students fleeing in panic.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 23, 2016
Nigerian Air Force says top Boko Haram militants killed, leader seriously wounded
The Nigerian Air Force said it had killed a number of senior Boko Haram fighters and possibly their overall leader, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived for talks on tackling the militants.
WORLD
Aug 23, 2016
Iraq used torture to extract confessions from convicts, Amnesty says
Amnesty International on Monday condemned the hanging in Iraq of 36 men convicted of a mass killing of soldiers, saying some of their confessions were extorted under threats and torture.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2016
EU must move forward after Brexit, agree Germany, France, Italy
The leaders of the eurozone's biggest economies held talks on Monday in the aftermath of Britain's shock decision to leave the European Union and said Europe had to turn its back on populists who blamed Brussels for all its problems.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 22, 2016
Libyan forces seize main Sirte mosque, Islamic State-run jail
Libyan forces renewed their push to oust Islamic State from its former North African stronghold of Sirte on Sunday, saying they had seized the city's main mosque and a jail run by the militants' morality police.
WORLD
Aug 20, 2016
Philippine government agrees new truce with Maoist-led rebels
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to a new cease-fire with Maoist-led guerrillas, who declared a truce several hours before, ahead of fresh peace talks in Norway next week, a senior administration official said on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2016
Syrian planes bomb Kurdish-held area for first time
Syrian government warplanes bombed Kurdish-held areas of the northeastern city of Hassakeh on Thursday for the first time in the country's five-year-old civil war, killing at least 13 people, the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and a monitoring group said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 18, 2016
Indonesian sailor says pirates were about to behead him when he swam out to sea in flight
An Indonesian tugboat crewman escaped from his Islamist militant captors in the Philippines on Wednesday by swimming out to sea after the militants threatened to cut his head off, a Philippine army spokesman said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 18, 2016
Munich boosting Oktoberfest security after terrorist attacks
Organizers of the world's biggest beer festival, Munich's Oktoberfest, have raised security after Islamist attacks in Germany last month, including banning rucksacks, introducing security checks at all entrances and erecting fencing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 17, 2016
China seeks closer military ties with Syria
China wants to have closer military ties with Syria, state media on Tuesday cited a senior Chinese officer as saying during a rare visit to the war-torn Middle Eastern country.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 17, 2016
German 'dark net' sting leads to arrest of suspected seller of gun used in Munich massacre
Police on Tuesday arrested an armed 31-year-old German man who boasted during a sting operation that he had supplied the Glock 17 pistol used by a gunman who killed nine people in Munich on July 22, the Frankfurt state prosecutor said in a statement.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Aug 15, 2016
Islamic State faces uphill 'branding war' in Afghanistan, Pakistan
The U.S. drone strike that killed the Islamic State group's commander for Afghanistan and Pakistan was the latest blow to the Middle East-led movement's ambitions to expand into a region where the long-established Taliban remain the dominant Islamist force.
WORLD
Aug 13, 2016
Drone kills Islamic State leader for Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. says
The leader of the Islamic State group's branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan was killed in a U.S. drone strike on July 26, a Pentagon spokesman said on Friday after the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan announced the news to Reuters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 13, 2016
Foiled attack puts spotlight on Canada prime minister's security revamp
The death of a Canadian supporter of the Islamic State group who authorities said was preparing an imminent attack has increased calls for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to abandon his plan to scale back a 2015 law that gave increased powers to police and intelligence agents.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2016
The strategic logic of the Islamic State militants
To understand how to defeat IS once and for all, we first need to comprehend its strategy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 10, 2016
Philippine lawmaker proposes ban on Trump entering country
A lawmaker in the Philippines is calling for Donald Trump to be permanently banned from the country after the Republican U.S. presidential nominee implied that Filipino immigrants pose a terrorist threat to the United States.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 9, 2016
Combating the terrorist threat
While the threat of terrorism in Britain is real, people should remember the chance of falling victim is remote and carry on with their normal lives.
In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google
The Google logo is seen at the company's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Japanese authorities on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order to Google over an alleged violation of the country's anti-monopoly law.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
Japan and the U.S. begin tariff talks on good terms, but without breakthroughs
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, speaks to reporters in Washington on Wednesday.
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake jolts Nagano
A map showing the location of an earthquake that hit Nagano Prefecture on Friday evening, with the numbers indicating the seismic intensity on the shindo scale to 7.
Parts of Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines to be suspended over weekend
Sections of the outer loop of Tokyo's Yamanote Line and the Keihin-Tohoku Line will be shut down all day Saturday, and from the start of service through around noon on Sunday.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla-creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.
LDP and CDP lawmaker groups propose 0% consumption tax on food
A vegetable stand displays prices at a supermarket in Tokyo in 2023. Some lawmakers are proposing lowering the consumption tax on food to 0%, which is expected to result in a loss of up to ¥5 trillion in tax revenue annually.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
Kyotographie 2025 opts for laughter and levity in the face of global strife
Palestinian American photographer Adam Rouhana’s exhibition at this year’s Kyotographie festival shows Palestinian life, not death and rubble.

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