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Nine Japanese said to have joined ISIS
PUBLISHED ON SEP 26, 2014 7:09 PM *22*412*0*0
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TOKYO (REUTERS) - Nine Japanese nationals have joined Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Japan's former air force chief, Toshio Tamogami, quoted a senior Israeli government official as saying, but the government's top spokesman said on Friday it had not confirmed the information.
Mr Tamogami, now a senior official of a tiny new political party, said on his blog that Nissim Ben Shitrit, the director-general of Israel's foreign ministry, told him this month that nine Japanese had taken part in ISIS.
Asked about the possible participation of Japanese citizens in the militant group, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a regular news conference, "The government has not confirmed such information." No one was immediately available for comment at the Israeli embassy in Tokyo, at the Israeli foreign ministry or at the Japanese foreign ministry.
Mr Tamogami told Reuters that no details besides the number of Japanese participants were given to him in his meeting with Nissim Ben Shitrit, a former ambassador to Japan. "I don't know anything further," Mr Tamogami said. "He was tight-lipped." Mr Tamogami's blog shows the meeting took place on Sept. 12 in Israel.
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Nine Japanese said to have joined ISIS
PUBLISHED ON SEP 26, 2014 7:09 PM *22*412*0*0
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TOKYO (REUTERS) - Nine Japanese nationals have joined Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Japan's former air force chief, Toshio Tamogami, quoted a senior Israeli government official as saying, but the government's top spokesman said on Friday it had not confirmed the information.
Mr Tamogami, now a senior official of a tiny new political party, said on his blog that Nissim Ben Shitrit, the director-general of Israel's foreign ministry, told him this month that nine Japanese had taken part in ISIS.
Asked about the possible participation of Japanese citizens in the militant group, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a regular news conference, "The government has not confirmed such information." No one was immediately available for comment at the Israeli embassy in Tokyo, at the Israeli foreign ministry or at the Japanese foreign ministry.
Mr Tamogami told Reuters that no details besides the number of Japanese participants were given to him in his meeting with Nissim Ben Shitrit, a former ambassador to Japan. "I don't know anything further," Mr Tamogami said. "He was tight-lipped." Mr Tamogami's blog shows the meeting took place on Sept. 12 in Israel.
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