(Japan Times) Jesse Johnson - Islamic State has gathered information on 77 U.S. and NATO air force facilities around the globe and is urging its supporters to attack them, South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) said in a statement Sunday. Islamic State has listed both South Korea and Japan as terrorist targets since last year. The National Institute for Defense Studies Japan, the Defense Ministry's core research arm, said in its 2016 East Asia Strategic Review released in March that Islamic State was becoming a growing threat to East Asia, including Japan. This was highlighted by the kidnapping and killing of Japanese nationals.
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