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Japan hosts hostage threats spark questions on ransom policy
Two Japanese captives tied to the Islamic State threat a 42 year old security founder Haruna Yukawa and 47 year old journalist Kenji Goto. The piece surveys their work linking Japan interests in the Middle East and past ransom payments. It notes previous cases including Kyrgyzstan 1999 and Afghanistan 2010.
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Tokyo
Islamic State Group
Japan
Middle East
Haruna Yukawa
Syria
Yukawa
Kenji Goto
Independent Press
NHK
Asahi
U.N
Unicef
UNHCR
Associated Press
Goto
NHK World
Kyrgyzstan
Kosuke Tsuneoka
Afghanistan
Shosei Koda
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Iraq
Koda
NASEK
Shinzo Abe
Mahmoud Abbas
Palestinian Authority
West Bank
Ramallah