terrorism

VOX POPULI: Terrorism deprives citizens of their...
People pray near the site of the Boston Marathon bombings in the early hours of April 20 after the second bombing suspect was apprehended. (The Asahi Shimbun)
I will never forget the constant tension I felt while walking the streets of Jerusalem many years ago. At that time, Israel was being rocked by a spate of terrorist bombings,...
3 killed as 2 bombs explode at Boston Marathon
People react to an explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston on April 15. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe)
BOSTON--Two bombs exploded in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, killing at least three people and injuring more than 140 in a bloody...
Japan to consider background checks for nuke plant...
Workers use heavy machinery to do rebuilding work at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in November 2011. (Pool)
The Nuclear Regulation Authority said Jan. 30 it may introduce mandatory background checks for workers at nuclear power plants as a way to prevent terrorist attacks.
EDITORIAL: Japan should focus on eliminating...
The repulsiveness of terrorism can never be stressed enough.
Police in Japan, ASEAN search for lone-wolf...
Police train to suppress terrorists at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in April. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Police in Japan and 10 Southeast Asian countries on July 19 began sharing terrorism-promoting information found on 50,000 websites in various languages, including Arabic and...
UPDATE/ Clinton presses Pakistan to do more to...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
NEW DELH--Standing next to India's foreign minister, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed neighboring Pakistan on May 8 to do more to stamp out homegrown terrorism,...
Research team publishes paper on avian flu despite...
Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Despite U.S. concerns that new findings on avian flu could assist bio-terrorists, researchers have gone ahead and published a report that says airborne transmission can occur.
@LACAUNE-LES-BAINS: Daoudi remains a prisoner 'à...
The Asahi Shimbun
A month after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States that cast a dark shadow over the opening of a new millennium, U.S. and British troops began raiding Afghanistan...
INTERVIEW/ James Steinberg: U.S. Leadership...
James Steinberg answers questions at his home in New York (Yoichi Kato)
Ten years following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the once-damaged U.S. leadership in the world has been restored and strengthened, said James Steinberg, former deputy...
EDITORIAL: U.S. should lead efforts toward global...
How long will the war against terrorism, which no one is going to win, last?
THE COLUMN/ Yoshibumi Wakamiya: Impact of March 11...
Yoshibumi Wakamiya (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun)
A week after the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake, I flew over the Tohoku region. Looking down at the devastated area with a stunned eye, scenes of horror of another "11"...
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