The following is a chronology of major terrorist attacks that have occurred overseas since 2001 involving Japanese nationals.
Sept. 11, 2001: 24 Japanese are killed in the al-Qaida terrorist attacks in the United States.
October 2002: Two Japanese are killed in bombings in Bali, Indonesia.
November 2003: Two Japanese diplomats are ambushed and killed near Tikrit in northern Iraq.
October 2004: Militants linked to al-Qaida kidnap a Japanese man. His body is later found in Baghdad.
October 2005: One Japanese is killed in bombings in Bali, Indonesia.
November 2008: One Japanese is killed in terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
January 2013: 10 Japanese are killed in hostage crisis at a natural gas plant in Algeria.
January 2015: The Islamic State militant group posts messages online indicating that two Japanese were beheaded.
March 2015: Three Japanese tourists are killed in a museum in Tunisia as gunmen storm it.
October 2015: One Japanese is shot dead in Rangpur, northern Bangladesh.