Cabinet backs letting SDF use land vehicles for overseas rescues
The Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday endorsed a revision to the Self-Defense Forces law that would allow emergency transportation of Japanese and other nationals overseas using land vehicles. The government and the ruling parties will aim for approval of the bill in ...
Lots of blame, but few solutions to terrorist attacks abroad
On Jan. 16, Islamic militants believed led by the elusive commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar struck a natural-gas processing plant in Ain Amenas, Algeria. In the rescue attempt by units of Algeria's army, as many as 81 people may have died, among which were 10 Japanese ...
Japanese nationals accounted for the largest number of foreign hostages killed during last week's dramatic standoff with Islamic militants in southeastern Algeria, with Tokyo confirming the 10th victim Thursday. Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said Monday that 37 hostages from eight overseas countries were killed ...
Two more JGC workers in Algeria confirmed dead
Two more Japanese workers are confirmed dead after the hostage crisis in Algeria, bringing the total number of Japanese casualties to nine.
7 JGC workers in Algeria confirmed dead; three still missing
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in an emergency meeting late Monday night, announced that Tokyo has confirmed the deaths of seven Japanese workers, killed during hostage crisis at a natural gas complex in Algeria. Abe said Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Minoru Kiuchi saw and identified bodies ...
Abe strikes control pose as Japan scrambles for information
With the whereabouts of 10 of the 17 Japanese taken hostage at a gas complex in Algeria still unknown, the government desperately tries to gather more information.
Abe confirms cooperation with Britain over Algeria hostage crisis
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and British Premier David Cameron confirmed their cooperation over the ongoing Algeria hostage crisis during a telephone conversation Saturday evening. Speaking to reporters afterward, Abe said he and Cameron shared their concern that the situation remains "unpredictable" and that many people, ...
Nation's firms lured by Algeria's resources
Engineering firm JGC Corp., whose employees are believed to have been taken hostage Wednesday by Islamist militants in Algeria, is just one of many Japanese companies making inroads in the resource-rich country. "In the North African region, Algeria and Libya are the two important hubs ...
