Japan issues passport to photographer preventing travel to Iraq, Syria

Yuichi Sugimoto, a 58-year-old photographer, holds up a special passport issued by Japan's Foreign Ministry as he speaks to reporters in Niigata on April 9, 2015. The ministry issued the passport to prevent him from traveling to Iraq or Syria, after confiscating his previous one to stop him from going to war-torn Syria. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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