(VOVworld) - Japanese lawmakers unanimously adopted an anti-terrorism resolution in the Lower House on Friday, which strongly condemned the IS killing of two Japanese hostages.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe claps his hands after a resolution for condemning terrorism is adopted at the Lower House of the parliament in Tokyo February 5, 2015. Photo: International Business Times

The resolution called on the government to increase nonmilitary aid to countries in the Middle East and Africa plagued by terrorist conflicts. Earlier, the Lower House approved a similar document on Thursday declaring that Japan and its people resolutely denounce terrorism, and will stand firm in its pledge to terrorism zero tolerance.”