Japan has officially announced $15.5m to fight "terrorism" in the
Middle East and Africa, as Tokyo tries to demonstrate its resolve
despite the murder of two citizens by the Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant (ISIL) group.
The amount, which was first reported in Japanese newspapers on
Sunday, doubles the $7.5m in assistance that Foreign Minister Fumio
Kishida pledged during a visit to Brussels in January.
Kishida said in a statement on Tuesday that the aid was part of
Japan's effort to support "counter-terrorism capacity building
assistance in the Middle East/Africa", including border control,
investigation and development of legal systems.
Vice foreign minister Yasuhide Nakayama will give details on the aid
when he attends a global conference later this week in Washington,
ministry officials said.
The announcement comes weeks after a Japanese journalist and his
adventurer friend were murdered by members of ISIL, a group whose
fighters control tracts of Syria and Iraq.
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