Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Domestic Counter-Terrorist Measures:An Analysis of the Applicability of Japanese Legislation

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Over 40,000 foreign individuals had reportedly traveled to Syria and Iraq as of late 2017 to fight alongside the terrorist forces(ISIS). The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2178 to tackle the problem, calling on Member States to make these individuals(foreign terrorist fighters: FTFs) punishable through their internal laws and regulations. This article is intended to examine the possible applicability of specific Japanese legislation to the obligations flowing from the above resolution, concluding that the existing laws will be effective in the problem of FTFs to some degree.

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