Nearly two years after Goto beheading, journalist Tsuneoka asks: Did Tokyo do enough?
Early on the morning of Feb. 1, 2015, Japan woke to the news that Japanese freelance journalist Kenji Goto, held hostage by Islamic State militants, had been beheaded. Fast-forward two years: Has the Japanese government learned anything from the hostage crisis that claimed two of ...
Play, other events planned to honor murdered journalist Goto
A year has gone by since freelance journalist Kenji Goto was murdered by Islamic State militants, and Goto's friends, still in mourning, are planning various events to pass on his legacy. To commemorate the first anniversary of his death, Sakura Baba, 42, will be staging ...
Islamic State and other radicals must be confronted, contained and destroyed, and how modern societies go about this effort will determine its success or failure.
For father of slain Yukawa, closure remains elusive after killing of 'Jihadi John'
The apparent death of the man known as "Jihadi John," the public face of the self-styled Islamic State, may represent a kind of karma but it doesn't bring closure for the father of one Japanese hostage beheaded nearly a year ago. "It's not to say ...
Passport confiscation policy should remain in place: Foreign Ministry
The government should maintain its policy of confiscating passports of Japanese nationals seeking to enter a foreign country or area controlled by extremists if it would put their life at risk, according to a new Foreign Ministry report. In light of the hostage crisis earlier ...
Goto's mother alleges government inaction led to son's death at hands of Islamic State
The mother of journalist Kenji Goto, who was executed by the Islamic State group in January, has said her son died because of government inaction, contradicting officials' assertions the crisis was handled appropriately. In a statement Friday, Junko Ishido said she was "overcome with anger" ...
A Syrian man held in northern Syria by the Islamic State group has said he was with the two Japanese hostages killed by the militants and delivered food to them in a cell for foreign captives. In an interview, the 45-year-old man, who declined to ...
Islamic State propaganda may be drawing Western coalition into 'holy war'
A month after Islamic State extremists shocked the nation with the cold-blooded murder of two Japanese hostages, the frame of its threat is now becoming clear. Shortly after the execution of Kenji Goto, the group raised the stakes in unspeakable online violent imagery, showing it ...
The Abe administration's management of the Islamic State hostage crisis must be investigated in an objective manner to provide lessons that will help guide the government in future crises.
At least six mosques and a Muslim organization in Japan have received threats since the hostage crisis that saw two Japanese men killed by the Islamic State militant group. There are between 70 and 80 mosques in Japan, according to the Tokyo-based Japan Muslim Association. ...
Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah said Saturday during a visit to Japan that Qatar's government tried to mediate the release of Japanese hostages before they were killed by the Islamic State group. In an interview with Kyodo News, al-Attiyah said, "The Japanese government ...
Cowed news media has forgotten its role
In his Tokyo Shimbun column about weekly magazines, Hiroyuki Shinoda recently lauded Shukan Asahi for accusing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of exploiting the murder of journalist Kenji Goto by the Islamic State group for political purposes. Shinoda points out that the magazine had been ...
