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Tokyo Electric Power Co. is finally ready to examine the inside of one of the three compromised reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant -- with the help of a remote-controlled robot that uncannily resembles a snake.
UPDATE: Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Sunday the video posted online showing the apparent execution of hostage Kenji Goto by ISIS militants appears authentic, Reuters reported. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that Japan would work with other nations to bring those responsible for Goto's death to justice ...
Updated Feb. 2 | On Saturday, the Islamic State group released a video showing the apparent execution of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Sunday, "We will not forgive terrorists, and we will work alongside the international community to make them pay for their sins ...
... HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR ANCHOR: For more about today's beheading of one Japanese hostage and Japan's efforts to free the second, we are joined now by Hajime Ozaki. He is the New York bureau chief of the Kyodo News Agency. So, what steps did the Japanese government ...
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- President Barack Obama is condemning what he calls "the brutal murder" of a Japanese hostage by the Islamic State group. Obama's statement doesn't say how the United States knows that Haruna Yukawa is dead, and the Japanese government is trying to verify an online ...
A video released Saturday purportedly announced the execution of one of the two Japanese hostages being held by the militant group Islamic State in Syria. Japanese officials condemned the apparent execution of Haruna Yukawa, a 42-year-old unemployed widower who went to Syria in July and was captured the ...
... for two Japanese hostages held by Islamic State forces in Syria. On Tuesday, the militants had threatened to kill Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa unless Japan paid $200 million within 72 hours. As the deadline passed today, the group announced the countdown has begun. Japanese officials said they're still ...
... Japanese nationals if hundreds of millions of dollars in ransom isn't paid later this week. Jeffrey Brown reports. JEFFREY BROWN: The threat came as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met separately with Palestinian and Israeli leaders in the Middle East. A new video message warned that Islamic State militants ...
In a video purportedly from the Islamic State group, militants threatened to kill two Japanese hostages unless they got $200 million within 72 hours. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the holding of Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa “unforgiveable,” saying “Their lives are the top priority.” He did not discuss ...
... as to whether he will maintain the same tone set by Murayama. The debate over the extent of Japanese war crimes has soured relations between Japan and neighboring countries. China’s foreign ministry criticized Abe last August for honoring war criminals at a Buddhist Temple. Abe also sided with Japanese ...
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