Feb 8, 2013

Slain JGC exec asked envoy to block raid

One of the 10 Japanese killed in the hostage crisis in Algeria last month, a top adviser of JGC Corp., tried to ask the Japanese ambassador to help talk the Algerian military into refraining from attacking the Islamist terrorists, sources close to him said ...

Jan 23, 2013

Algerians grill more JGC locals over attack

Algerian security officials have questioned about 20 local employees of Japanese firm JGC Corp. over last week’s deadly hostage crisis in Algeria, one of the company’s Algerian employees said Tuesday. They were not detained and appear to have been questioned about possible links to ...

JGC workers angered by hostages' deaths

Jan 23, 2013

JGC workers angered by hostages' deaths

Employees of plant engineering firm JGC Corp. as well as relatives and friends of workers expressed anger and dismay after the government confirmed Monday that seven Japanese were killed during the hostage crisis at the Ain Amenas gas complex in Algeria last week. In ...

JGC called Algeria 'calm' in 2011 report

Jan 22, 2013

JGC called Algeria 'calm' in 2011 report

The Japanese company that helped build the remote Saharan gas plant at the center of Algeria’s bloody hostage crisis, in which as many as a dozen Japanese nationals may have been killed, once told investors the country was a haven of stability as unrest ...

Jan 22, 2013

JGC workers angered by hostages' deaths

Employees of plant engineering firm JGC Corp. as well as relatives and friends of workers expressed anger and dismay after the government confirmed Monday that seven Japanese were killed during the hostage crisis at the Ain Amenas gas complex in Algeria last week. In ...