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Japan on alert as boats thought to be from North Korea found
by Mari Yamaguchi and Elaine Kurtenbach - November 28, 2017 - 6:17pm
Japan is stepping up patrols and urging local authorities and fishermen to be on the alert after several boats thought to be from North Korea, some carrying dead bodies, were found on its northern coast.
Japan condemns new video, not yet verifying it's of hostages
by Mari Yamaguchi and Elaine Kurtenbach - January 25, 2015 - 2:12am
Japanese officials said yesterday they were investigating a new online message purporting to be from the extremist Islamic State group about the two Japanese hostages it holds.
Japan vows not to give up on 2 hostages till 'the very end'
by Mari Yamaguchi and Elaine Kurtenbach - January 24, 2015 - 4:22pm
Japan promised Saturday not to give up "until the very end" on efforts to rescue two Japanese hostages threatened with beheading by Islamic militants demanding a $200 million ransom, after a deadline passed with...
Japan faces deadline to free Islamic State hostages
by Mari Yamaguchi and Elaine Kurtenbach - January 23, 2015 - 9:02am
The deadline for paying ransom for two Japanese hostages held by the Islamic State group was fast approaching early Friday with no signs of a breakthrough.
Japan Cabinet OKs record military budget with eye on China
by Mari Yamaguchi and Elaine Kurtenbach - January 15, 2015 - 3:12am
Japan's Cabinet approved the country's largest ever defense budget on yesterday, including plans to buy surveillance aircraft, drones and F-35 fighter jets to help counter China's rising assertiveness in the re...
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