Japan seeks end to hostage crisis

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Government trying to use hostage crisis
to squash NGO's in Japan

Government trying to use hostage crisis
to squash NGO's in Japan 05/11/2004 10:54 AM

The Japan Times

Kidnap crisis poses a new risk

In Japan's case, laws are being proposed to punish those entering designated "danger zones" without an official reason.

Victims -- or their families -- will foot the bill for their rescue, which will amount to airfare, if not more. "This is standard practice for mountain rescues," one line of reasoning goes.

But consider two things: One is that an aid mission to a danger zone is not a forest stroll gone astray. The very comparison indicates a misunderstanding of what aid missions do.

The second is policy overstretch and political abuse. This law would place a degree of government control over aid organizations, something many don't want. Particularly NGOs (by very the nature of their title) eschew government support, especially when they take on problems governments would rather avoid.

Under this law, they would effectively need official permission to work in some places overseas. Those "unsponsored" who get unlucky will face a "rescue fine" -- which could bankrupt the person or the organization. Thus this new system of rents will curtail Japanese volunteerism.

The Japanese government is taking this way too far and totally agree with the author of this article that this is a bad bad thing. As I've said before, legislation during emotionally charged times often ends up being stupid and poorly thought through. The ramifications of such a law would be devastating for NGO's and aid workers from Japan, just when such activity is becoming recognized. It almost feels like some stupid conspiracy to use this incident to squash the NGO's in Japan. Bah. I have less and less respect for the Japanese government every day.

Iraq Hostage Crisis Spirals

Iraq Hostage Crisis Spirals 07/25/2004 04:11 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 25 2004 7:30AM GMT

US warns Manila on hostage crisis

US warns Manila on hostage crisis 07/13/2004 11:48 AM
The Bush administration urges the Philippines not to bow to pressure from kidnappers to pull troops out of Iraq early.

Abe wants to revise Constitution to use
SDF in hostage crisis

Abe wants to revise Constitution to use
SDF in hostage crisis 04/12/2004 12:56 AM

Japan Today

Abe wants to revise Constitution to use SDF in hostage crisis

Monday, April 12, 2004 at 06:47 JST
TOKYO — Shinzo Abe, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, called Sunday for amending the Constitution to enable the government to mobilize the Self-Defense Forces in such eventualities as the current hostage crisis in Iraq.

Obviously the US doesn't have a monopoly on using tragedies and fear to push their political agenda. I personally am not against revising the constitution and I can see how it makes "political sense" to do it now, but it still bugs me. People make such stupid laws when they're emotional.

3 Flee After Hostage Crisis (Los Angeles
Times)

3 Flee After Hostage Crisis (Los Angeles
Times) 05/31/2004 07:06 AM
Los Angeles Times - RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — After killing at least 22 mostly foreign civilians and trapping dozens of people in a 25-hour hostage standoff, three Islamist militants managed Sunday to steal a car, disappear into rush-hour traffic and slip out of the grip of hundreds of Saudi commandos.

Iraq Hostage Crisis Spirals (Reuters)

Iraq Hostage Crisis Spirals (Reuters) 07/25/2004 02:43 AM
Reuters - Two Pakistanis working for a Kuwait-based company were missing and feared kidnapped in Iraq on Sunday, as the country's hostage crisis deepened with at least 22 countries so far affected.

"Three die in mortar attacks as another
hostage crisis grips Baghdad"

"Three die in mortar attacks as another
hostage crisis grips Baghdad" 07/11/2004 03:25 PM

Arizona Prison Officer Freed in Hostage
Crisis

Arizona Prison Officer Freed in Hostage
Crisis 01/24/2004 10:38 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 25 2004 2:37AM GMT

Iraq Hostage Crisis Unites France Behind
Law (Reuters)

Iraq Hostage Crisis Unites France Behind
Law (Reuters) 08/30/2004 05:00 AM
Reuters - French critics and defenders of a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools united in support of the law on Monday, pledging to stand firm against militants holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq who want the law scrapped.

French Hostage Crisis Adds Tension to
Headscarf Ban

French Hostage Crisis Adds Tension to
Headscarf Ban 08/29/2004 07:12 AM
Reuters via Wired News Aug 29 2004 10:33AM GMT

Heavy Clashes in Iraq; Hostage Crisis
Spirals

Heavy Clashes in Iraq; Hostage Crisis
Spirals 07/25/2004 10:46 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jul 25 2004 1:39PM GMT

Hostage Crisis Unfolds in Russia as
Guerrillas Seize School

Hostage Crisis Unfolds in Russia as
Guerrillas Seize School 09/01/2004 09:46 AM
Heavily armed insurgents seized a school in southern Russia today and herded scores of schoolchildren and others into its gym.

Iraq abductions leave Japan in crisis

Iraq abductions leave Japan in crisis 04/09/2004 04:03 PM

Iraq Abduction Puts Japan Gov't in
Crisis (AP)

Iraq Abduction Puts Japan Gov't in
Crisis (AP) 04/09/2004 04:00 PM
AP - The abduction of three Japanese in Iraq plunged Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi into his deepest crisis since taking office three years ago, as relatives of the hostages and thousands of protesters pressed the government Friday to withdraw Japanese troops from Iraq.

Japan celebrates hostage release

Japan celebrates hostage release 04/16/2004 12:59 AM
The release of three hostages held in Iraq prompts jubilation in Japan, though two others remain missing.

Japan firm on Iraq hostage demand

Japan firm on Iraq hostage demand 04/09/2004 04:13 PM
Japan's PM says his country will not withdraw its troops from Iraq, despite threats to kill three Japanese hostages.

Japan Hostage Whereabouts
Unconfirmed-Envoy

Japan Hostage Whereabouts
Unconfirmed-Envoy 04/11/2004 06:50 AM
Reuters via Wired News Apr 11 2004 10:50AM GMT

Japan Minister Appeals for Iraq Hostage
Release

Japan Minister Appeals for Iraq Hostage
Release 04/10/2004 12:38 PM
Reuters via Wired News Apr 10 2004 4:43PM GMT

South Korea seeks to block hostage video
on internet

South Korea seeks to block hostage video
on internet 06/24/2004 01:23 AM
SABC Jun 24 2004 5:03AM GMT

Japan Welcomes Iraq Hostage Release,
Debate Goes On (Reuters)

Japan Welcomes Iraq Hostage Release,
Debate Goes On (Reuters) 04/15/2004 10:15 PM
Reuters - Japan rejoiced on Friday at the release of three Japanese civilians held hostage in Iraq, but the fate of two others remained unclear and debate over Tokyo's military mission in the increasingly violent country raged on.

Japan seeks commercial whaling OK

Japan seeks commercial whaling OK 07/19/2004 01:05 PM
Japan says it wants to kill nearly 3,000 Antarctic minke whales in a commercial hunt, its first in 18 years.

Microsoft's Xbox seeks foothold in Japan

Microsoft's Xbox seeks foothold in Japan 06/29/2004 08:42 PM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Tue Jun 29, 08:02 am GMT

Japan Seeks Robotic Help in Caring for
the Aged

Japan Seeks Robotic Help in Caring for
the Aged 03/06/2004 01:53 AM
The Japanese government's decision to push for home care for the elderly has fueled demand for robotic home care devices.

Japan Envoy Seeks Rescue of Iraq
Hostages

Japan Envoy Seeks Rescue of Iraq
Hostages 04/10/2004 01:01 AM
Reuters via Wired News Apr 10 2004 4:43AM GMT

Japan Envoy Seeks Rescue of Iraq
Hostages (Reuters)

Japan Envoy Seeks Rescue of Iraq
Hostages (Reuters) 04/09/2004 11:47 PM
Reuters - A senior Japanese official headed emergency meetings in Amman on Saturday to coordinate efforts to rescue three nationals kidnapped in Iraq, officials said.

Global Disaster Information Network in
the Works to Help Remote Crisis-Stricken
Areas Around the World;Preliminary
Findings to Be Presented at World
Conference on Disaster Reduction, Kobe,
Japan, January 18-22, 2005

Global Disaster Information Network in
the Works to Help Remote Crisis-Stricken
Areas Around the World;Preliminary
Findings to Be Presented at World
Conference on Disaster Reduction, Kobe,
Japan, January 18-22, 2005 01/05/2005 03:28 AM
In the aftermath of the tsunamis that devastated Asia in late December 2004, observers pointed out that lack of official, credible information gave victims and governments in the area little prior warning of the impending disaster. Although still in the developmental stages, a partnership of the Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN) and the Organsation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is creating an information system that may significantly reduce the impact of future natural and manmade disasters. Native American Pueblo and Navajo Nations in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado are providing pilot sites for the GDIN system. [PRWEB Jan 5, 2005]

Japan Hot Stocks-Vodafone Holdings,
Nippon Shinpan, Yahoo Japan

Japan Hot Stocks-Vodafone Holdings,
Nippon Shinpan, Yahoo Japan 02/17/2004 11:53 PM
Forbes Feb 18 2004 4:22AM GMT

Japan Hot Stocks-Yahoo Japan, Nissho
Iwai-Nichimen, Casio

Japan Hot Stocks-Yahoo Japan, Nissho
Iwai-Nichimen, Casio 05/11/2004 10:16 PM
Forbes May 12 2004 2:25AM GMT

Japan Hot Stocks-Bridgestone, Yahoo
Japan, Nissho Iwai-Nichimen

Japan Hot Stocks-Bridgestone, Yahoo
Japan, Nissho Iwai-Nichimen 05/11/2004 10:16 PM
Forbes May 12 2004 2:25AM GMT

Japan Hot Stocks-Nippon Shinpan, Yahoo
Japan, Alps, NTT DoCoMo

Japan Hot Stocks-Nippon Shinpan, Yahoo
Japan, Alps, NTT DoCoMo 02/17/2004 09:19 PM
Forbes Feb 18 2004 1:52AM GMT

Japan Hot Stocks-Yahoo Japan, Mitsubishi
Motors, Toshiba, UFJ

Japan Hot Stocks-Yahoo Japan, Mitsubishi
Motors, Toshiba, UFJ 04/25/2004 10:03 PM
Forbes Apr 26 2004 2:40AM GMT

Japan Hot Stocks-Yahoo Japan, Alps, NTT
DoCoMo

Japan Hot Stocks-Yahoo Japan, Alps, NTT
DoCoMo 02/17/2004 09:06 PM
Forbes Feb 18 2004 1:23AM GMT

Is the Aids crisis being taken
seriously?

Is the Aids crisis being taken
seriously? 07/11/2004 06:38 AM
The number of people who are HIV positive is increasing in many countries, and parts of Africa have a 40% infection rate. Why is the situation not improving?

A Crisis for Web Preservation

A Crisis for Web Preservation 06/25/2004 05:44 AM
A Crisis for Web Preservation by Florence Olsen
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/0621/pol-crisis-06-21-04.asp

The Federal Depository Library Program has fallen behind in cataloging and preserving access to government documents published only on the Web. As a result, public access to those publications is spotty at best. "This is not a problem; this is a crisis," said Daniel Greenstein, head of the California Digital Library, which serves the 10 universities in the University of California system. He said information is disappearing from government Web sites at an alarming rate. At the Government Printing Office, which runs the depository library program, officials are struggling with the problem, known as fugitive documents, said Judith Russell, superintendent of documents. Fugitive documents are electronic publications that remain outside the federal depository collections in 1,300 libraries nationwide. According to Greenstein, Web crawlers are fairly good at capturing documents from the Web surface, but the technology is not as good at capturing information from the Deep Web. The Deep Web is where databases and dynamic Web pages — pages that gather information in response to users' requests — reside. A recent California Digital Library study found that about 85 percent of the Deep Web is in the .gov domain. This has been added to Deep Web Research Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

Identity crisis (XML.com)

Identity crisis (XML.com) 09/13/2002 06:40 PM

Spin Crisis 1.0

Spin Crisis 1.0 10/31/2003 04:03 PM
You must guide your marble through an ever more challenging series of mazes.

Is there a countryside crisis?

Is there a countryside crisis? 06/21/2004 04:48 AM
The number of homeless people in England's rural areas is now increasing more rapidly than in large towns and cities. Is there a crisis in the countryside?

Identity Crisis

Identity Crisis 09/12/2002 07:48 AM
Kendall Clark examines section 2 of the W3C Technical Architecture Groups "Architectural Principles of the World Wide Web", concerning Identifiers and Resources.

Creativity from crisis

Creativity from crisis 04/29/2004 03:11 AM
USA Today Apr 29 2004 7:24AM GMT
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