Task force head of hostage crisis returns from Jordan

Yasuhide Nakayama, Japanese senior vice foreign minister, speaks to reporters at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Feb. 6, 2015, after returning from Amman, where he oversaw Japan's task force to deal with the recent hostage crisis involving the Islamic State militant group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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