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KENJI GOTO

COMMUNITY / Voices
Feb 2, 2015
Tokyo: Does anyone else share responsibility for the death of Kenji Goto?
After the killing of a second Japanese hostage, Kenji Goto, by the Islamic State group, Mark Buckton asked people whether others share some culpability in his death. Some interviewees declined to have their pictures and surnames published.
EDITORIALS
Feb 2, 2015
Japan must remain undeterred
We repeat our condemnation of the acts of the Islamic State extremist group, which claims to have killed both of the two Japanese they took hostage, Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa. Its attempt to justify their killings by accusing Japan of taking part in the war against it does not make sense, and its...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2015
Veteran mourned by freelancer support group
The murder of Kenji Goto highlights the dangers facing freelance journalists around the globe who bravely report from the world's most dangerous conflict zones — but without the institutional backup enjoyed by full-time reporters at mainstream media organizations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2015
Conflict-zone scribes fear fallout from intrepid journalist's death
The tragic death of Kenji Goto highlights a dilemma that the journalism community in Japan has long struggled with: how much of a risk reporters should take on when working in dangerous conflict zones.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2015
Islamic State hostage Kenji Goto mourned by family and friends
A video posted online early Sunday morning that shows what appears to be the beheaded corpse of Islamic State group hostage Kenji Goto has left his family and friends speechless and in anguish.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2015
Goto beheaded by Islamic State militants
Despite an unusual lull that had raised hopes hostage Kenji Goto might be freed, many in Japan were shocked Sunday to learn the Islamic State group had apparently executed him.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 1, 2015
Crisis awakens Japanese to shortcomings, realities
The hostage crisis that ended so tragically has taught Japan about the reality of life in a strife-filled part of the world.
JAPAN
Feb 1, 2015
Japan's Muslims dismiss Islamic State as un-Islamic
Muslim residents express their condolences over the execution of Kenji Goto and say they are angry about the Islamic State group's actions.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 31, 2015
Hostage talks deadlocked
Jordan and Japan tensely wait as Amman's request for proof of life is answered only by a mysterious silence from the Islamic State hostage-takers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Jan 31, 2015
Crime and punishment: Abe's Mideast crisis
In general, crime prevention is a good thing — it helps stop crime. By punishing people for minor transgressions, you stop them from committing larger misdemeanors and discourage crime overall. If the principle is applied blindly, however, it can produce some awkward results.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jan 31, 2015
Diplomatic blundering on hostages and history
Japan's latest hostage crisis has exposed shortcomings in Japan's public diplomacy and raises questions about the advice Prime Minister Shinzo Abe received in publicly announcing $200 million in humanitarian aid to help those displaced by conflict with the Islamic State group.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2015
Goto gets sunset deadline extension
A new audio message purportedly from hostage Kenji Goto on Thursday morning declared that Jordan must present female prisoner Sajida al-Rishawi at the Turkish border by sunset on Thursday, or Jordanian air force pilot Mu’ath al-Kaseasbeh would be executed immediately.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2015
Goto's mother pins hopes on Abe
The mother of hostage Kenji Goto said Thursday she is pinning all her hopes on the government of Shinzo Abe, as she believes he can bring her son home alive.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2015
Jordan reportedly offers to swap would-be bomber for captured pilot; no mention of Goto
Jordanian state-run television reported Wednesday that Amman was ready to release an Iraqi failed suicide bomber on death row if the Islamic State group freed a captured Jordanian pilot, citing a government minister in the Middle East country.
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2015
Prisoner swap without pilot thought difficult, Jordanians say
As an apparent Wednesday evening deadline approached, in which extremists again threatened Kenji Goto with death, the freelance journalist's friends, relatives and many others nationwide listened for word of whether Amman would free Sajida al-Rishawi, the Iraqi woman the extremists named as the price...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2015
'Free Kenji' rally held outside prime minister's office
With candles, placards and banners in their hands, about 100 people turned up in front of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's office in Tokyo on Wednesday to make an emergency plea for the release of a Japanese hostage taken captive by the Islamic State group before a 24-hour deadline ran out later in the evening....
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2015
As deadline looms, Goto friends, family call for his release
Associates of Islamic State hostage Kenji Goto called for his release Wednesday, as another apparent deadline in the crisis loomed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 28, 2015
A timeline of Japan's Islamic State hostage crisis
Here is a brief summary of the major events that have led up to the current hostage crisis involving Haruna Yukawa and Kenji Goto.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 28, 2015
Arab envoys in Japan condemn Islamic State killing of hostage Haruna Yukawa
Arab ambassadors to Japan released a joint statement condemning the murder of Haruna Yukawa by Islamic State militants and urging the immediate release of the group's other Japanese hostage, Kenji Goto.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 27, 2015
Goto swap gets more complex
Jordan is demanding that the Islamic State group release both Japanese journalist Kenu00adji Gou00adto and a captured Jordanian air force pilot, according to Kyodo News.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
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Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
Air India crash report to offer peek into last seconds
Members of the Indian Army's engineering arm prepare to remove the wreckage of an Air India aircraft in Ahmedabad on June 14.
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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
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NGOs condemn rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of Upper House vote
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