Video apparently of Japanese hostage surfaces with message to family, A video alike on Thursday actualization to appearance a missing Japanese journalist, reportedly captivated by an al Qaeda associate in Syria, account a bulletin to his ancestors and country.
"Hello, I am Jumpei Yasuda. Today is my birthday, 16 March," the barbate man said on the video, acquaint on Facebook.
The man, sitting at a table in foreground of a white wall, said he absent his ancestors but could not be with them. The man, who was dressed in a aphotic sweater with a scarf, mostly seemed calm as he batten in English in the one-minute video but occasionally paused with emotion.
Japanese media said Yasuda was captured by Nusra Foreground afterwards entering Syria from Turkey in June. Public anchorperson NHK said it had announced by buzz with the man who acquaint the video, who said he had accustomed it from anyone gluttonous Yasuda's release.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the man in the video appeared to be Yasuda.
"The assurance of Japanese citizens is one of our a lot of important duties and we are acquisition advice and authoritative all accessible efforts to respond," Suga told a account conference, crumbling to accord details.
He added that the government was not acquainted that any bribe appeal had been made.
The Islamic State active accumulation beheaded two Japanese nationals - a self-styled aegis adviser and a adept war anchorman - aboriginal endure year. The abominable executions captured the absorption of Japan but the government said at the time it would not accommodate with the militants for their release.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came beneath blaze for his administration of earnest cases, something he would like to abstain with an acclamation looming this summer. Critics say his added able-bodied aegis attitude risks accepting Japan complex in added all-embracing conflicts.
Reuters could not verify the video or ability Yasuda's family, but Kyodo account bureau quoted his mother as tearfully saying: "I just achievement he comes home safely."
The man in the video did not accord any advice about who was captivation him or any demands they had. He said "they" accustomed him to say what he wanted.
After adage he admired he could hug his wife, father, mother and brother, he said: "I accept to say to something to my country: When you're sitting there, wherever you are, in a aphotic room, adversity with the pain, there's still no one. No one answering. No one responding. You're invisible."
In December, media abandon organisation Reporters Without Borders abandoned and apologised for a address it had issued that said Yasuda had been threatened with beheading in Syria. The government said at the time it was gluttonous information.
Yasuda, a freelance announcer back 2003, was captivated in Baghdad in 2004 and drew criticism for cartoon the Japanese government into negotiations for his release. (Writing by William Mallard; Additional advertisement by Toshiki Hashimoto, Kazuhiko Tamaki, Teppei Kasai and Elaine Lies; Editing by Paul Tait and Nick Macfie)
"Hello, I am Jumpei Yasuda. Today is my birthday, 16 March," the barbate man said on the video, acquaint on Facebook.
The man, sitting at a table in foreground of a white wall, said he absent his ancestors but could not be with them. The man, who was dressed in a aphotic sweater with a scarf, mostly seemed calm as he batten in English in the one-minute video but occasionally paused with emotion.
Japanese media said Yasuda was captured by Nusra Foreground afterwards entering Syria from Turkey in June. Public anchorperson NHK said it had announced by buzz with the man who acquaint the video, who said he had accustomed it from anyone gluttonous Yasuda's release.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the man in the video appeared to be Yasuda.
"The assurance of Japanese citizens is one of our a lot of important duties and we are acquisition advice and authoritative all accessible efforts to respond," Suga told a account conference, crumbling to accord details.
He added that the government was not acquainted that any bribe appeal had been made.
The Islamic State active accumulation beheaded two Japanese nationals - a self-styled aegis adviser and a adept war anchorman - aboriginal endure year. The abominable executions captured the absorption of Japan but the government said at the time it would not accommodate with the militants for their release.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came beneath blaze for his administration of earnest cases, something he would like to abstain with an acclamation looming this summer. Critics say his added able-bodied aegis attitude risks accepting Japan complex in added all-embracing conflicts.
Reuters could not verify the video or ability Yasuda's family, but Kyodo account bureau quoted his mother as tearfully saying: "I just achievement he comes home safely."
The man in the video did not accord any advice about who was captivation him or any demands they had. He said "they" accustomed him to say what he wanted.
After adage he admired he could hug his wife, father, mother and brother, he said: "I accept to say to something to my country: When you're sitting there, wherever you are, in a aphotic room, adversity with the pain, there's still no one. No one answering. No one responding. You're invisible."
In December, media abandon organisation Reporters Without Borders abandoned and apologised for a address it had issued that said Yasuda had been threatened with beheading in Syria. The government said at the time it was gluttonous information.
Yasuda, a freelance announcer back 2003, was captivated in Baghdad in 2004 and drew criticism for cartoon the Japanese government into negotiations for his release. (Writing by William Mallard; Additional advertisement by Toshiki Hashimoto, Kazuhiko Tamaki, Teppei Kasai and Elaine Lies; Editing by Paul Tait and Nick Macfie)
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