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KOSUKE TSUNEOKA

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 24, 2019
Tokyo prosecutors drop charges over attempts to join Islamic State
Tokyo prosecutors have dropped charges against five people in Japan accused of attempting to travel to Syria to become fighters of the Islamic State militant group around August 2014.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 16, 2019
Are press activities being undermined in Japan?
The Foreign Ministry ordered freelance journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka to surrender his passport after he tried to leave Japan on Feb. 2 for Yemen, which is in the midst of a civil war. The ostensible reason for the order is that Tsuneoka in January attempted to travel to Yemen through Oman, which refused him entry, and the law states that the Japanese government can seize the passport of any citizen who is said to be inadmissible by a foreign country.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2019
Journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka ordered to surrender passport in Tokyo on way to report on Yemen humanitarian crisis
At immigration control, an officer told Tsuneoka that his passport had been invalidated and that he was ordered to relinquish it u2014 in effect banning him from leaving.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2017
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 10, 2016
Journalist released from Kurdish detention vows to continue war reporting
Freelance journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka, who was released this week from detention by local military forces in northern Iraq, said Thursday in Tokyo that the ordeal will not discourage him from reporting in conflict zones.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2016
Japanese reporter detained in Iraq to be released soon, Kurdish media says
Journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka, who has been detained by local authorities in Iraq while covering the battle to retake the Islamic State-held city of Mosul, is likely to be released soon, the local Kurdish media outlet Rudaw said Tuesday.
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.

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