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U S ARMY

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 20, 2015
Japanese Red Army member arrested upon return from U.S.
Tokyo police arrest a Japanese Red Army member for attempted arson associated with a 1986 mortar attack in Indonesia as he returns to Japan following his release from a U.S. prison.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 28, 2015
Taliban-freed U.S. Army Sgt. Bergdahl to face desertion charges: NBC
U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will be charged with desertion for disappearing from his base in Afghanistan in 2009, NBC News reported on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 17, 2015
U.S. prepares to deport Japanese Red Army convict to Japan
The U.S. prepares to deport a member of the Japanese Red Army who was imprisoned for a 1986 mortar attack on the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 14, 2015
U.S. soldier monitoring himself for Ebola dies near Texas base
A U.S. Army soldier who just returned from West Africa and was self-monitoring for Ebola symptoms was found dead on Tuesday near the Texas base where he was posted, Fort Hood officials said.
WORLD
Dec 29, 2014
Boko Haram militants stage attacks in northern Cameroon, briefly hold army camp
Some 1,000 suspected Boko Haram fighters from Nigeria attacked five towns in northern Cameroon over the weekend and briefly occupied a military camp on Sunday before being dislodged by the air force, an army spokesman said.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2014
Pyongyang abduction investigation panel met with Red Army skyjacking fugitives; show of 'sincerity' seen
North Korea's special committee reinvestigating Pyongyang's abductions of Japanese nationals decades ago held a meeting last month with Red Army Faction fugitives who hijacked a Japan Airlines airplane in 1970 and defected to the North, one of the former members said Tuesday.
WORLD
Dec 2, 2014
Turkey starts vetting fighters for U.S.-backed force for Syria
Turkish authorities have started vetting candidates for a beefed-up Syrian opposition force under a joint initiative with the U.S., according to a Turkish official with knowledge of the process.
JAPAN / History
Oct 17, 2014
U.S. in 1947 banned construction near Futenma, citing accident risk
Declassified documents show the U.S. military employed a double standard for residential and building safety at the Futenma air base in Okinawa in 1945.
JAPAN / History
Oct 16, 2014
Government requests revision of 1996 U.N. sex slave report
The Abe administration asks the author of a U.N. report that accused Japan of wartime military sexual slavery to amend the 1996 document.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2014
1970 hijackers living in North Korea to start posting on Twitter
Four Japanese who are wanted for the hijacking of a Japan Airlines jet to Pyongyang in 1970, and who are still living in North Korea, will start microblogging on Twitter on Friday, according to a group of their Japanese supporters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 30, 2014
Islamic State overruns Iraq army to seize two towns
Islamic State fighters seized two towns in western Iraq, after besieging hundreds of soldiers, according to a regional official.
WORLD
Sep 23, 2014
Afghan officer trio missing in U.S. after training may be seeking to defect
Three Afghan National Army soldiers who did not return to a U.S. military base in Massachusetts where they were being trained may be seeking to defect to the United States, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said on Monday.
JAPAN / History
Sep 4, 2014
Putin hails Soviet victory over Japan in courting Mongolia
Russian President Vladimir Putin cited a 1939 Soviet victory over the Imperial Japanese Army as a foundation of relations with Mongolia during a visit to Ulan Bator on Wednesday, despite a risk of upsetting Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2014
A broken man living on dreams pulls Japan into Islamic State hostage drama
When Haruna Yukawa was captured in Syria earlier this month, a video apparently released by his captors showed them pressing the Japanese man to answer questions friends say he had struggled with for years: Who are you? Why are you here?
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2014
Syria promises to do best to save Japanese believed held by militants
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said his country will do its best to save the life of a Japanese man believed to have been captured earlier this month in northern Syria by the extremist Islamic State militant group.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2014
Japanese believed held by Islamic State in Syria said he planned to support rebels
A Japanese man believed to have been captured in northern Syria by Islamic State militants said he came to the conflict-ravaged country in preparation for his plan to supply rebels fighting the Assad regime, a rebel leader said Monday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 13, 2014
Philippine top court ends 'comfort women' group's legal battle
The Philippines' highest tribunal ended a legal battle by a group of Filipino wartime sex slaves on Tuesday to compel the country's government to support their demand for an apology and compensation from the Japanese government before international tribunals.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 11, 2014
Hillary Clinton faults Obama 'stupid stuff' foreign policy
Hillary Rodham Clinton is taking on President Barack Obama with the same issue he used against her in the 2008 Democratic primary: foreign policy vision.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 7, 2014
Chinese military set up joint operations command center: sources
The Chinese military has set up a joint command center that would integrate the operations of its army, navy and air forces, military sources have told Kyodo News, in a move aimed at making military strategy and tactics more efficient.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 4, 2014
Mei Shigenobu's words continue the fight for her mother's cause
On her 8th birthday, Mei Shigenobu's mother sat her daughter down and told her that she was the leader of the Japanese Red Army Faction, a group of revolutionary Marxists fighting to violently overthrow global capitalism. It was part of a very unconventional childhood.

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