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Kenji goto and harunai yakua. A purported Islamic State member threatens to kill them unless the japanese government pays a ransom of 200 million within 72 hours. Officials in tokyo assume the deadline is around 2 50 p. M. Japan time on friday. State minister for Foreign Affairs Yasuhide Nakayama is taking charge of a task force based at the Japanese Embassy in jordan. He met on wednesday with king abdullah. The king gave assurances of his readiness to cooperate fully. Japans foreign minister ha...

Kenji goto and harunai yakua. A purported Islamic State member threatens to kill them unless the japanese government pays a ransom of 200 million within 72 hours. Officials in tokyo assume the deadline is around 2 50 p. M. Japan time on friday. State minister for Foreign Affairs Yasuhide Nakayama is taking charge of a task force based at the Japanese Embassy in jordan. He met on wednesday with king abdullah. The king gave assurances of his readiness to cooperate fully. Japans foreign minister ha...

High against the yen. The same strength it had before the Global Economic crisis in 2008. Japanese authorities have confirmed saturdays volcanic eruption is one of the deadliest ever. They now say all 48 people found without vital signs have been confirmed dead. And they are still searching through ash and debris, looking for more victims. Smoke is still spewing from craters that formed on the southwest face of the summit. About 1,000 selfdefense force personnel, police officers, and firefighter...

Record numbers, creating new opportunities for businesses in japan. Militants with Islamic State are demanding ransom for two japanese men. They have released an yoin line video saying they will kill the hostages unless they receive 200 million in the next 72 hours. Its believed the two men in orange jumpsutds are kenji goto and hard euna yukawa. Haruna is a freelance journalist. He said on twitter that he was in syria. Yukawa is said to run a private military company and travel frequently to th...

Competition is heating up in japan to attract Foreign Tourists with dutyfree shopping as the country welcomes a Record Number of visitors this year. Chinese leaders are standing their ground in the face of more xloints over their newly established air defense identification zone. Theyve rejected a request by south korea to revise the zone which is over the East China Sea. The air space overlaps areas claimed by japan, taiwan and south korea. Senior government officials from china and south korea...

Next u. N. Talks on Climate Change thamplt prepared to hammer out a new framework for cuts in Greenhouse Gas emissions. Leaders will gather in warsaw next month for the 19th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Governments held two months of talks in preparation. They focused on a framework for killing the protocol when it expires in 2020. The current rules only oblige industrialized nations to cut their greenhouse emissions. Polands environment minister said hell encourage lea...

Its not about that. When an artist works today, or whenever, its not about creating immortal masterpieces. That is the one thing we dont design ourselves, it is generations after. Its about writing something that relates to here and now, something which is about communicating your thoughts and your understanding of what is important to other people. And therefore, we need new are. Old art cannot do that. And of course humanity hasnt changed that much. Last thousand or 2000 years. The old greek r...

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Israeli military commanders have been going after the members of hamas in gaza from the air and on the ground. More than 600 palestinians have been killed and at least 27 israelis. Nhk world ease craig dale is following developments for us. Ban kimoon is just a high level player to get a ceasefire between israel and hamas. Israel launched its offensive in gaza two weeks ago to go after hamas and its allies to stop them from launching rockets at their country. Ban went to tel aviv to urge Benjami...

Medical attention were still being brought to a hospital in karachi. Translator the house collapsed when the earthquake struck. I was in my room. My children were in another room. Now i do not know where my wife and children are, whether they are alive or dead. Reporter this is the largest province in pakistan, but it has the smallest number of people. Villages are populated across wide areas. Theyre sending in troops and medical teams, but the Red Crescent Society said difficult terrain and bro...