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IS TERRORISM

Japan Times
WORLD
May 11, 2014
Grisly Nigeria attacks finally catch attention of the globe
The gunmen stormed in just as dawn broke over the school in a remote village in northeastern Nigeria. There were around two dozen of them, and, survivors later recounted, they worked quickly, methodically and with unflinching brutality.
LIFE / Language / THE BUZZ
May 10, 2014
Boko Haram
Boko Haram is an Islamic extremist group that operates in northern Nigeria.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 7, 2014
Economic divide fueling surge in Xinjiang unrest
Hundreds of migrant workers from distant corners of China pour daily into the Urumqi South railway station, their first waypoint on a journey carrying them to lucrative work in other parts of the far western Xinjiang region.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 7, 2014
U.S. to send team in response to Nigeria schoolgirls' mass kidnapping
The United States has offered to send an American team of experts to Nigeria to support the government's response to the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by an Islamist militant group, President Barack Obama's administration said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 5, 2014
Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams urges calm after release
Northern Ireland police released Gerry Adams from custody Sunday and the Sinn Fein leader sought to calm fears that his four-day detention could destabilize the British province by pledging his support to the peace process.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 2, 2014
China militants show new daring
A bombing in western China that killed three people and wounded 79 on Wednesday has raised concerns about the apparent sophistication and daring of the attack, which possibly was timed to coincide with a visit to the heavily Muslim region by President Xi Jinping.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 30, 2014
Iraqis vote as spasm of violence hits nation
Iraqis headed to the polls on Wednesday in their first national election since U.S. forces withdrew from the country in 2011, as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki seeks a third term amid rising violence.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 29, 2014
Before Iraq polls, Shiite militias unleashed war on Sunni insurgents
The Sunni militants who seized the riverside town of Buhriz late last month stayed for several hours.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 22, 2014
Drones alone won't destroy al-Qaida in Yemen
An intense two days of airstrikes on al-Qaida in Yemen may have killed or wounded some of its commanders, but drones alone are unlikely to eradicate the threat the group poses to Yemenis and the West.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 22, 2014
U.S. troops in Afghanistan may fall below 10,000
The number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan may drop well below 10,000 — the minimum demanded by the U.S. military to train Afghan forces — as the longest war in American history winds down, Obama administration officials briefed on the matter say.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2014
Japanese marathoners join hands in Boston
Many Japanese were among the thousands of runners who crossed the 118th Boston Marathon finish line amid tightened security Monday, a year after the bombings that killed three and left more than 260 injured.
EDITORIALS
Apr 18, 2014
Abu Ghaith is convicted
Late last month a New York court found Sulaiman Abu Ghaith guilty of multiple charges of conspiring to kill Americans and supporting acts of terrorism, in a trial that critics said should not be held.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 16, 2014
Boston bombing marked with defiant memorial
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, along with other leaders and survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing, shared messages of thanks and defiance Tuesday at a tribute to the three people killed and 264 wounded in the attack exactly one year ago.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 10, 2014
In Iran, many of 1979 U.S. hostage takers mellow, now favor evolution to revolution
Three decades after hard-line students occupied the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took diplomats hostage for 444 days, many of the now middle-aged revolutionaries are among the most vocal critics of Iran's conservative establishment, officials and analysts said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 9, 2014
Poll success puts Afghans on track — for now
In a nation more associated with calamity than consensus, the initial results of Saturday's Afghan presidential election are startling.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 7, 2014
Smooth Afghan election raises questions about Taliban's strength
A bigger-than-expected turnout in Afghanistan's presidential election and the Taliban's failure to significantly disrupt the vote have raised questions about the capacity of the insurgents to tip the country back into chaos as foreign troops head home.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 4, 2014
Vote might tip Afghan tribes into new war
Growing violence in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar ahead of the presidential election next week highlights a rift between Pashtun tribes that could tip the country back into civil war.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 4, 2014
U.S. Senate panel votes to declassify report on CIA interrogations
The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee voted Thursday to declassify its long-awaited report on the CIA's use of brutal interrogation methods that critics say amount to torture.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 30, 2014
Afghanistan at crossroads as Karzai era ends
Amid the dust and traffic of today's Kabul, three things remain almost as they were a decade or so ago. In winter, and when the wind clears the smog that is a side effect of years of economic boom, the blue sky above the snowcapped peaks that ring the city is as impressive as ever. Then there is the Arg, the sprawling palace at the city's center and the apparently calm eye of a turbulent storm of a country. The complex is home to the third element that has remained constant since the end of the Taliban's grim regime in 2001: Hamid Karzai, now in his 13th year of power.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 21, 2014
Images testify to atrocities in Iraq
The video shows a male corpse lying in the dirt, one end of a rope tied around his legs, the other fastened to the back of an armored Humvee.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Three men rearrested over brokering of overseas prostitution
A woman speaks of her experience of being sent to Macau by an overseas prostitution broker during an interview in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on April 8.
Ex-METI bureaucrat given 10-year sentence for drugging and raping women
The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a former industry ministry bureaucrat to 10 years in prison for drugging six women with sleeping pills and then raping or groping them in 2022.
Money stolen via online transfers up fivefold in Tokyo
Special fraud cases in Tokyo in which stolen money was sent via online banking services grew some fivefold from the previous year in 2023.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
In a rare event, the Northern Lights show up in Hokkaido
The Northern Lights in Nayoro, Hokkaido, on Saturday
Is black the new green for Japan’s flagging tea farmers?
George Guttridge-Smith brews tea at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, where he serves as head of international development.
Japan's logistics firms seek partnerships to cope with driver shortage
Japan Post CEO Tetsuya Senda (right) and his Seino Transportation counterpart Satoshi Takahashi announce their companies' agreement on joint long-haul truck operations, in Tokyo on Thursday.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.

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