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Video appears to show death of IS hostage

By Agencies in Tokyo | China Daily | Updated: 2015-01-26 08:04

Abe declines comment on extremists' demand for prisoner exchange to save second captive

From prime minister to ordinary people, Japanese responded with shock on Sunday to a video purportedly showing one of two Japanese hostages of the extremist Islamic State group had been killed.

With national attention focusing on efforts to save the other hostage, 47-year-old journalist Kenji Goto, some also criticized Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's drive for a more assertive Japan as responsible for the hostage crisis.

Video appears to show death of IS hostage

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