Hostage two Japanese citizens in the latest video released by ISIS militant group on Tuesday (20/1), do not make Japan subject to terrorism. In the video, ISIS demanded a ransom of US $ 200 million.
“The attitude of our country is still contributing to the fight against terrorism without giving up. The incident is not going to change our attitude,” said a spokesman for the prime minister of Japan, Yoshihde Suga in Tokyo press conference, quoted by Channel News Asia on Tuesday (20/1).
When the video was released, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Jerusalem, as part of a regional tour.
On his visit to Cairo on January 17 last, Abe pledged about US $ 200 million of non-military aid to countries that fight ISIS.
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, said it was investigating the authenticity of the video.
“Threatening the taking of hostages is an action that we can not accept and we are very angry,” said Kishida, quoted by Reuters.
ISIS militant group released a hostage video of two Japanese men, identified as Haruna Yukawa and Kenji Goto.
Goto is a freelance journalist based in Tokyo. He has written a number of books on AIDS and the fate of children in the middle of a war zone, from Afghanistan to Africa.
Goto met with Yukawa last year and helped him to travel to Iraq in June.
Meanwhile, the father Yukawa, Shoichi Yukawa, declined to comment and said he was very confused to the flood of news reports about the kidnapping of his son.
Until now, unknown Yukawa profession and how the two men up in the hands of ISIS.
Reported by Reuters, an individual using black clothes holding a knife, standing in the desert with two men kneeling orange dress.
In the video, ISIS said the Japanese people have 72 hours to urge their governments to stop support “ridiculous” them to the country air raid by US-led coalition to quell ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
“If not, then this knife will be your nightmare,” said the black-clad individuals in English.
These militants were seen talking in English with a thick British accent. Allegedly, these militants has also been featured in a number of hostage video released earlier ISIS.
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