A female Japanese reporter has been killed after being caught in
gunfire while covering clashes in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, the
Japanese foreign ministry said Tuesday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said three other journalists were missing while covering the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's regime
Japan's foreign ministry confirmed the dead reporter was Mika Yamamoto, 45, said an official in charge of Japanese nationals' safety abroad.
"She was at reporting work in Aleppo, northern Syria, when she was caught in gunfire," the official said.
Yamamoto had been working for the small Japan Press news agency and a colleague travelling with her identified the body, the official said.
She joined Japan Press in 1995 and had also covered the war in Afghanistan and the Iraq conflict, according to the company's website.
Japan Press has not issued a statement on her death.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had earlier said that a Japanese female reporter had died in Aleppo and that three other journalists were missing, including two Arabs -- one a Lebanese woman -- and a Turkish reporter.
Will the wider world even notice?
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said three other journalists were missing while covering the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad's regime
Japan's foreign ministry confirmed the dead reporter was Mika Yamamoto, 45, said an official in charge of Japanese nationals' safety abroad.
"She was at reporting work in Aleppo, northern Syria, when she was caught in gunfire," the official said.
Yamamoto had been working for the small Japan Press news agency and a colleague travelling with her identified the body, the official said.
She joined Japan Press in 1995 and had also covered the war in Afghanistan and the Iraq conflict, according to the company's website.
Japan Press has not issued a statement on her death.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had earlier said that a Japanese female reporter had died in Aleppo and that three other journalists were missing, including two Arabs -- one a Lebanese woman -- and a Turkish reporter.
Will the wider world even notice?
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