National News Japanese journalist killed covering Syria fighting

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A veteran Japanese war correspondent was shot and killed while covering Syria's civil war, her family and the government said Aug. 21.

Mika Yamamoto worked for The Japan Press, an independent TV news provider that specializes in conflict zone coverage.

She was hit by gunfire Aug. 20 while she and a colleague were traveling with the Free Syrian Army in the northwestern city of Aleppo, said Masaru Sato, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo. The rebel army is trying to topple the regime of President Bashar Assad.

A YouTube video posted by an activist in Syria shows Yamamoto, 45, inside a van wrapped in blankets with only her face visible. An Associated Press reporter who had worked with Yamamoto and who viewed the video confirmed her identity. (AP)

シリアで邦人ジャーナリストが銃撃され死亡

シリア北部のアレッポで８月20日、日本人女性ジャーナリスト山本美香さんが銃撃を受けて死亡した。

Shukan ST: SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

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