Posted on 22 February 2015. Tags: after, Islamic, Japanese, Marathon, Organizers, Security, State, step, Targets, Tokyo
Tokyo Marathon organizers step up security after Islamic State targets Japanese 19, 2015 photo, a police officer displays the uniform of “Running Police” for the upcoming Tokyo Marathon at Tokyo Metropolitan Police headquarters in Tokyo. About 30,000 runners are expected to take part in the Feb. 22 race through the streets of Tokyo. Full News […]
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Posted on 11 February 2015. Tags: balked, channel, crisis, hostage, Islamic, opening, peak, State, Tokyo
At hostage crisis peak, Tokyo balked at opening channel with Islamic State … Japan opened a communication channel with Islamic State in the decisive stages of the recent hostage crisis but was unwilling to use it to start negotiations, according to a Tokyo-based Islamic scholar who served briefly as an intermediary. Hassan Ko … Full […]
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Posted on 30 January 2015. Tags: closely, hostage, Islamic, Japan, Jordan, release, secure, Tokyo, working
Japan Hostage: Tokyo working closely with Jordan to secure release, as Islamic … He made no mention of Goto, whose wife Rinko broke her silence with an emotional appeal to Tokyo and Amman to save her husband. “My husband is a good and honest man who went to Syria to show the plight of those […]
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