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ISIS & Japan agree on hostage swap, Japanese journalist to be freed ‘within hours’

ISIS & Japan agree on hostage swap, Japanese journalist to be freed ‘within hours’ Japan and ISIS have agreed on an exchange of journalist Kenji Goto, held hostage by the Islamist militants, for Sajida al-Rishawi, the Iraqi woman who killed 60 people in a 2005 Jordan bombing, a senior Japanese diplomat said. Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yasuhide Nakayama added that “good news” is to come soon on the situation. The country’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, called the abduction “an utterly despicable act.” “I have instructed all ministers to work together for the early release of Mr. Kenji Goto,” Abe told… View Article