Japanese Join Islamic State

• Japanese Men Suspected of Backing Islamic State

  News reports say Japanese police have questioned a university student and several others over alleged plans to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group.

• Nine Japanese Said to Have Joined Islamic State

  Nine Japanese nationals have joined Islamic State, 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.