Japan working to gain IS hostage's release, analyzing video
TOKYO (AP) Japan was working Monday to coordinate efforts with Jordan and other countries to save a hostage held by the extremist Islamic State group. "We all have one unchanged goal and we will absolutely not give up until the end. And with that faith, we will try our utmost to reach that goal. That's how it is," said Yasuhide Nakayama, a Japanese deputy foreign minister sent to Amman, Jordan, to work on the crisis. Back in Tokyo, government spokesman Yoshihide Suga told reporters that the a...
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