(1)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

(1)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 27 following reports that a Japanese man was taken hostage by Al-Qaida-linked militants in Iraq. The man was identified as Shosei Koda, 24, of Nogata, Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan. (Kyodo)

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