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Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2020
Christchurch mayor apologizes for 2011 quake building collapse that killed 28 Japanese
The mayor of Christchurch offered a formal apology on Sunday to families, including from Japan, who lost loved ones in the collapse of a six-story building in a 2011 earthquake.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 12, 2019
Disasters and downturn challenge New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern going into election year
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern faces tough challenges as she heads into a general election campaign next year, with economic growth slowing, divisive referendums looming and a country reeling from disasters both natural and man-made.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2019
Livestreamed killings in Germany test social media measures to block extremist content
Social media companies scrambled on Wednesday to scrub footage of a shooting outside a German synagogue from their platforms, in the first major test of their systems since a massacre in the New Zealand city of Christchurch prompted a global outcry.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 13, 2019
Six months after Christchurch attacks, New Zealand bill would tighten gun laws further
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern introduced a new bill to Parliament on Friday that aims to further tighten gun laws, and the country marked six months since a mass shooting in Christchurch that killed 51 Muslim worshippers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 17, 2019
Gun megastore plan in New Zealand's Christchurch sparks backlash
New Zealand retailer Gun City, which sold weapons to the man accused of shootings at two Christchurch mosques that killed 51 people and injured dozens, has aroused concern with plans for a mega store in the South Island city, media said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 21, 2019
Man accused of murder in Christchurch mosque shootings also charged with terrorism
New Zealand police have charged the man accused of murder in shootings at two Christchurch mosques in March with engaging in a terrorist act, they said Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2019
New Zealand votes to amend gun laws after Christchurch attack
Lawmakers in New Zealand voted almost unanimously on Wednesday to change gun laws, less than a month after its worst peacetime mass shooting, in which 50 people were killed in attacks on two mosques in Christchurch.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Apr 5, 2019
Christchurch massacre gunman Brenton Tarrant charged with 49 more mosque murders
Australian Brenton Tarrant appeared in a New Zealand court on Friday where the suspected white supremacist was charged with an additional 49 counts of murder at two mosques last month.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 4, 2019
As Australia agonizes over accused mosque gunman, new clues of Tarrant's ties to far right groups emerge
From its clubhouses in Melbourne and Sydney, the Lads Society promotes drug-free living and exercise — and "white resistance" and Islamophobia, according to online statements and interviews with two of its leaders.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 31, 2019
Before mosque attacks, New Zealand failed to record hate crimes for over a decade
Weeks before a gunman killed 50 Muslims in Christchurch, a man had threatened to burn copies of the Quran outside New Zealand mosques, in what community leaders said was the latest in a long list of threatening behavior against religious minorities.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 22, 2019
New Zealand marks one week since mosque massacre with prayers, scarves
New Zealanders prepared for nationwide prayers on Friday to mark one week since a mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch killed 50 worshippers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 20, 2019
In wake of Christchurch massacre, Australia asks Japan to arrange talks on social media controls at G20
Japan has received a written request from Australia to arrange talks on tightening social media controls at the Group of 20 summit in Osaka in June, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2019
Tokyo residents mourn victims of New Zealand mosque shootings
About two dozen Muslim residents of Japan huddled together Tuesday afternoon outside the New Zealand Embassy in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward at a vigil for the victims of last week's mosque shootings in Christchurch.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 19, 2019
Tech consortium flags more than 800 versions of New Zealand attack video shared online
A consortium of global technology firms has shared on its collective database the digital fingerprints of more than 800 versions of the video of New Zealand's mass shootings that killed 50 people, it said on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 18, 2019
New gun laws will make New Zealand safer after mosque massacre, PM Jacinda Ardern says
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday she would announce new gun laws within days, after at least 50 people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 18, 2019
Livestreaming delays proposed as way to discourage more viral massacre videos
With the massacre of at least 50 people in New Zealand streamed live Friday, Facebook faced two problems: The immediacy of Facebook Live, and the fact that videos of any sort — including playbacks of live ones — can quickly explode globally.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 17, 2019
Families of Christchurch mosque shooting victims wait to bury their dead; toll rises to 50
The death toll in the New Zealand mosque shootings rose to 50 on Sunday when police found another body at one of the mosques as families waited for authorities to formally identify victims and release their bodies for burial.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 16, 2019
Massacre in New Zealand shows how violent videos can evade tech giants' radar
The Friday massacre at two New Zealand mosques, live-streamed to the world, was not the first internet broadcast of a violent crime, but it showed that stopping gory footage from spreading online persists as a major challenge for tech companies despite years of investment.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 16, 2019
Suspect in Christchurch shootings charged with murder in first court appearance
The main suspect in mass shootings at two New Zealand mosques was charged with one count of murder a day after an attack that killed 49 people and wounded dozens, prompting the prime minister to vow reform of the country's gun laws.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 22, 2019
New Zealand marks eighth anniversary of Christchurch quake that killed 185, including 28 Japanese
The city of Christchurch marked on Friday the eighth anniversary of an earthquake that killed 185 people and caused extensive damage from which New Zealand's oldest city is still recovering.

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