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Japan investigating report of Japanese journalist held hostage in Syria

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By Kaori Kaneko

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Seeking information on a citizen held hostage in Syria? Seeking intelligence meaning anyone with information on the whereabouts, please call this number? Uh, where is the intelligence unit that started work about a month ago?

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This isn't going to end well.

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Not again!

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He has been missing since July but Japan did not care until Reporters Without Borders reported the story several days ago and it went across international media. Yasuda has been very critical toward Abe. That's why J-officials didn't broadcast this one.

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It is intriguing that as to why freelancer Japanese journalist did not take lesson from the earlier killing of two Japanese nationals including KenjI Gotto and refrained from entering the conflict zone in Syria specially when Japanese nationals are being haunted for extorting ransom amount from the Japanese government by ISIS.

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Merry Christmas every body! well, IS has upset Russia, America, GB, Japan, France, and a load of other places, if and when it kicks off is not going to be pretty. they are taking in on 5-6 or more super powers, wow they must have some b***s or just plain stupid.

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Journalist will go where the stories that make headlines are.

When they enter a war zone, the posibility of death is right beside them with every step.

The Syria war is more deadly to reporters as when captured they are more likely to be killed by their captures than released.

IS, Bashar al-Assad and others do not want their war crimes reported to the world.

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What a shame for both the govt to not report it once they knew and the whole journalist/news industry here to agree and keep silent. I came from a country of when a journalist is held hostage, other journalists are talking about it on the main news, almost everyday to remind people about it. Hat's off to Paris-based Reporters Without Borders, definitely there are people with sense of ethic in the world and some should really change learn from them.

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