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"No Breathing Through Nose, Moving In Sleep": Hostage's Syria Horror
During 40 months of captivity at the hands of Syrian terrorists, Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda was forbidden from moving or making any noise, even while sleeping. Guards told him daily he'd be released, or gave him canned food but no opener.
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Japanese Journalist Returns Home From Syrian "Hell" After 3 Years
A 44-year-old Japanese freelance journalist arrives home on Thursday to an uncertain welcome more than three years after militants in Syria captured and held him in what he described as a physical and mental "hell".
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Japanese Journalist, Held Hostage In Syria, Heads Home After 40 Months
A Japanese journalist held hostage by Islamist terrorists for 40 months left for Japan from Turkey on Wednesday after being freed and said he was happy to be going home.
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"Return My Husband Safe", Says Wife Of Japanese Journalist Held In Syria
The wife of a Japanese journalist kidnapped in Syria more than three years ago broke her silence Tuesday to plead for his release after he appeared in a hostage video.
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Japanese Journalist Held Captive By Terrorist Group In Syria
A terrorist group has released videos of a Japanese journalist and an Italian man held captive in Syria in which they appeal for their release, US-based monitors said Tuesday.
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Japanese Journalist's Credit Cards Used After He Went Missing In Syria
Several credit cards of Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda, allegedly kidnapped in Syria in June 2015, were used for online transactions after his disappearance, authorities said on Wednesday.
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Video Apparently Of Hostage Surfaces With Message To Family
A video surfaced today appearing to show a missing Japanese journalist, reportedly held by an al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, reading a message to his family and country.
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Japan Says Hostage Negotiations 'Deadlocked': Report
Japan' deputy foreign minister has said negotiations with the Islamic State group threatening to execute a Jordanian pilot and a Japanese journalist have become "deadlocked," local media reported on Saturday.
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Islamic State Silent As Deadline Passes With No Hostage Swap
The fates of a Japanese journalist and Jordanian military pilot were unknown today, a day after the latest purported deadline for a possible prisoner swap passed with no further word from the Islamic State group holding them captive.
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2 Japanese Hostages: How Their Lives Got Intertwined
One is a freelance journalist respected for his reporting on refugees and children in war zones. The other is man who seems obsessed with guns and went to Syria to train with fighters.
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"No Breathing Through Nose, Moving In Sleep": Hostage's Syria Horror
During 40 months of captivity at the hands of Syrian terrorists, Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda was forbidden from moving or making any noise, even while sleeping. Guards told him daily he'd be released, or gave him canned food but no opener.
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Japanese Journalist Returns Home From Syrian "Hell" After 3 Years
A 44-year-old Japanese freelance journalist arrives home on Thursday to an uncertain welcome more than three years after militants in Syria captured and held him in what he described as a physical and mental "hell".
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Japanese Journalist, Held Hostage In Syria, Heads Home After 40 Months
A Japanese journalist held hostage by Islamist terrorists for 40 months left for Japan from Turkey on Wednesday after being freed and said he was happy to be going home.
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"Return My Husband Safe", Says Wife Of Japanese Journalist Held In Syria
The wife of a Japanese journalist kidnapped in Syria more than three years ago broke her silence Tuesday to plead for his release after he appeared in a hostage video.
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Japanese Journalist Held Captive By Terrorist Group In Syria
A terrorist group has released videos of a Japanese journalist and an Italian man held captive in Syria in which they appeal for their release, US-based monitors said Tuesday.
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Japanese Journalist's Credit Cards Used After He Went Missing In Syria
Several credit cards of Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda, allegedly kidnapped in Syria in June 2015, were used for online transactions after his disappearance, authorities said on Wednesday.
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Video Apparently Of Hostage Surfaces With Message To Family
A video surfaced today appearing to show a missing Japanese journalist, reportedly held by an al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, reading a message to his family and country.
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Japan Says Hostage Negotiations 'Deadlocked': Report
Japan' deputy foreign minister has said negotiations with the Islamic State group threatening to execute a Jordanian pilot and a Japanese journalist have become "deadlocked," local media reported on Saturday.
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Islamic State Silent As Deadline Passes With No Hostage Swap
The fates of a Japanese journalist and Jordanian military pilot were unknown today, a day after the latest purported deadline for a possible prisoner swap passed with no further word from the Islamic State group holding them captive.
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2 Japanese Hostages: How Their Lives Got Intertwined
One is a freelance journalist respected for his reporting on refugees and children in war zones. The other is man who seems obsessed with guns and went to Syria to train with fighters.
