TOKYO, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Japan pledged its solidarity with the Turkish government and its people on Wednesday in the wake of a terrorist attack at Istanbul Ataturk Airport a night earlier that killed 36 and left around 150 people injured.
"Japan would like to express its strong solidarity with the Turkish government and the Turkish people," Japan's Foreign Press Secretary Yasuhisa Kawamura said in a statement.
The statement added that Japan wishes to "express its heartfelt condolences to all the families of the victims and extends its sympathies to the injured."
The attack on the airport, according to Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, was the responsibility of the so-called Islamic State, although the militant group has yet to claim responsibility for the deadly attack.
Kawamura said that such acts of terrorism could under no circumstances by justified and Japan stands opposed to such abominable acts.
"Terrorism cannot be justified for whatever reason and Japan resolutely condemns such terrorist acts," the foreign press secretary said.
