Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Yasuhide Nakayama speaks to reporters in front of the Japanese Embassy in Jordan's capital Amman on Feb. 1, 2015, following an online release of a new video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Kenji Goto, a Japanese man taken hostage by Islamic State militants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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