Japan to build negotiation channels to win release of hostages

Japan to build negotiation channels to win release of hostages

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enters his office in Tokyo in the morning on Jan. 22, 2015. The Japanese government is scrambling to secure negotiation channels to urge Islamic State militants to release two Japanese hostages unharmed, as a 72-hour deadline for paying a ransom approaches without notable contact with the hostage-takers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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