KCSM Newsline January 22, 2015
Kenji goto and harunai yakua. A purported Islamic State member threatens to kill them unless the japanese government pays a ransom of 200 million within 72 hours. Officials in tokyo assume the deadline is around 2 50 p. M. Japan time on friday. State minister for Foreign Affairs Yasuhide Nakayama is taking charge of a task force based at the Japanese Embassy in jordan. He met on wednesday with king abdullah. The king gave assurances of his readiness to cooperate fully. Japans foreign minister has also asked britain to assist with their efforts to bring the two men home. Fumio kishida made the ...