Hostage incident won't affect SDF operation in Iraq: Ono

Hostage incident won't affect SDF operation in Iraq: Ono

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Defense Agency Director General Yoshinori Ono speaks to reporters in the Diet building in Tokyo on May 10 after an Iraqi militant group, the Ansar al-Sunnah Army, claimed on its website that it has captured a Japanese man named Akihiko Saito. (Kyodo)

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