Video of Japanese journalist missing in Syria posted on Facebook

Video of Japanese journalist missing in Syria posted on Facebook

Undated photo shows Japanese freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda, 42, who went missing in Syria in June 2015. A video, in which a man resembling him reads a message in English to his family and the Japanese government, was posted on Facebook on March 16, 2016, indicating he is being held hostage by militants in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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