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TERRORISM

COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2016
India yet again feels the wrath of terrorism
India's government has failed to develop a cohesive counterterrorism strategy and is hamstringing its military to a dangerous degree.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 16, 2016
French ambassador says 27 killed in Burkina hotel attack
France's ambassador to Burkina Faso said Saturday 27 people had been killed in a hotel attack by militant Islamists in the capital Ouagadougou, slightly higher than a death toll of 23 given earlier by the West African nation's president.
WORLD
Jan 15, 2016
French identify another Paris attacker via DNA from body parts
French investigators have confirmed that Belgian-Moroccan Chakib Akrouh, who blew himself up when trapped by police on Nov. 18, was the third member of the three-man unit that killed dozens of cafegoers during a multipronged Islamist attack on Paris days earlier.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 15, 2016
China's Xinjiang region adopts nondiscrimination rules amid ethnic violence
China's western region of Xinjiang has set new rules to boost "ethnic solidarity," state media said on Friday, amid roiling violence between Muslim Uighurs and the majority Han Chinese that has left hundreds dead in recent years.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 12, 2016
New constitution first step to solution for Syria, Putin says
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Syria needs to start working on a new constitution as a first step to finding a political solution to its civil war, though he acknowledged the process was likely to be difficult.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 12, 2016
Germany barring more migrants at Austria border; Berlin's Iraqi Embassy issuing returnee passports
Germany is refusing more and more migrants entry at its southern border, sending a few hundred back to Austria every day since the beginning of the month, Austrian police said on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 11, 2016
Indonesian forces regroup after failing to capture top militant
Indonesian security forces are regrouping to launch a more aggressive campaign to hunt for the country's most-wanted man, police said Monday after months of fruitless searching in the jungles of Sulawesi Island.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 10, 2016
The hidden goods of 2015
If we were to judge the state of the world by the news headlines, 2015 was the year of Islamist terror, especially in Paris. But there were two major positive developments as well.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 9, 2016
Indonesia works with China as ethnic Uighurs travel to join jihadis
Indonesia is working with China to stem a flow of ethnic Uighur militants seeking to join Islamist jihadis in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, according to Indonesia's counterterrorism chief.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 9, 2016
Gunman citing Islamic State shoots Philadelphia policeman
A gunman claiming to have pledged allegiance to Islamic State militants shot and seriously wounded a Philadelphia police officer in an ambush on his patrol car, the city's police commissioner said on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 4, 2016
Head of Western-backed Syrian opposition to visit China this week
The head of the Western-backed opposition Syrian National Coalition (SNC) will visit China this week, as Beijing seeks to deepen ties with all sides in the conflict to help bring about a peaceful resolution.
WORLD
Jan 3, 2016
Man who drove car at French troops had jihadi propaganda on computer
French investigators found jihadi propaganda material on Saturday on the hard drive of the computer of a man who drove his car into troops guarding a mosque in southern France on New Year's Day but said it did not prove he had links with any terrorist groups.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 1, 2016
Syrian, Iraqi militants said to have been plotting New Year's attack in Germany
Germany received a tip hours before midnight that named militants from Iraq and Syria were planning attacks in Munich but police have been unable to find the suspects and are not even sure if they exist or are in the country, the Munich police chief said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 1, 2016
Jubilance in Times Square as New York rings in 2016
More than a million people in New York's Times Square hailed the arrival of 2016 early Friday with kisses, cheers and a measure of relief as America's biggest New Year's Eve celebration unfolded without a hitch under a blanket of unprecedented security.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 1, 2016
Pope urges media to play up the positive to counterbalance abundant 'arrogance of evil' coverage
The media should give more space to positive, inspirational stories to counterbalance the preponderance of evil, violence and hate in the world, Pope Francis said on Thursday in his year-end message.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 30, 2015
Islamic State leader with links to Paris attacks 'mastermind' killed in targeted air strike in Syria: Pentagon
A U.S.-led coalition has killed 10 Islamic State leaders in the past month with targeted air strikes, including individuals linked to last month's attacks in Paris, a spokesman for the coalition said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 28, 2015
Boko Haram attack near key Nigeria town repelled; seven killed
Up to seven people died when Nigeria's army repelled an attack on Sunday by suspected Boko Haram fighters on a village near a northern state capital, residents and military sources said.
EDITORIALS
Dec 27, 2015
2015, Syria and the butterfly effect
The Syrian civil war had an outsized place on the international stage in 2015, and no doubt this will continue well into next year.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 25, 2015
Islamic State sanctioned organ harvesting in document taken in U.S. raid
Islamic State has sanctioned the harvesting of human organs in a previously undisclosed ruling by the group's Islamic scholars, raising concerns that the violent extremist group may be trafficking in body parts.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 25, 2015
Indonesia to step up hunt for IS militant Santoso
Indonesian forces are mobilizing for a manhunt in steamy jungles on the far-flung island of Sulawesi to flush the country's most-wanted man from his hideout and deal a pre-emptive blow to the Islamic State group. The real threat could be much closer to home.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Takaichi leads first ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign residents
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign nationals and immigration on Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office.
ChatGPT nickname and Trump tariffs nominated for Japan’s buzzword of 2025
Women hold toys depicting Myaku-Myaku, the official character for the 2025 Osaka Expo, during a media day ahead of the event's public opening day in Osaka in April.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 slumps 4%, led by losses in tech sector
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock average index briefly tumbled more than 2,000 points on Wednesday morning following a downbeat session on Wall Street fueled by fears of a bubble in the artificial intelligence sector.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.

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