File photo of freed Japanese hostages in Kyrgyzstan

File photo of freed Japanese hostages in Kyrgyzstan

TOKYO, Japan - This is a file photo taken last year at a project in Kyrgyzstan which includes three of four Japanese nationals freed by Islamic guerrillas Oct. 24. The Japanese mining engineers are Haruo Harada (R in front row), Hirotaro Fujii (fourth from R in back row) and Toshiaki Ariie (sixth from R in back).

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001079787
  • Registered date
  • 1999/10/25 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 1999 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 1770 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.08(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Niimi, lawyer who fought for Chinese laborers' rights, dies at 59

    Niimi, lawyer who fought for Chinese laborers' rights, dies at 59

    TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niimi (in undated file photo), a human rights lawyer who represented the rights of Chinese nationals who were forced to work at a labor camp in Akita Prefecture during World War II, died of cardiac failure on Dec. 20, his family said. He was 59. Niimi, a Nagoya native, led a five-year court battle against major Japanese construction firm Kajima Corp. through November 2000 over a 60.5 million yen damages suit filed by 11 of the survivors.
      Daiei Hawks pitcher Masao Fujii dies at 31

      Daiei Hawks pitcher Masao Fujii dies at 31

      TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Fukuoka Daiei Hawks pitcher Masao Fujii, who died at a Fukuoka hospital Oct. 13 three days short of his 32nd birthday. Fujii had been hospitalized at the National Kyushu Medical Center for interstitial pneumonia. He fell ill after last year's season and missed this season's spring camp. He pitched for Daiei's farm team for a while this season.
        4 freed Japanese head back to Japan

        4 freed Japanese head back to Japan

        BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Four Japanese mining engineers who were freed after being held hostage for two months by Islamic rebels in Central Asia walk down to a chartered flight bound for Japan on Oct. 26. (From L to R) Nobuhisa Nakajima, Hirotaro Fujii, Toshiaki Ariie and Haruo Harada.
          4 freed Japanese arrive back in Japan

          4 freed Japanese arrive back in Japan

          NARITA, Japan - Four Japanese mining engineers who were freed after being held hostage for two months by Islamic rebels in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan meet the press at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 26, after arriving from the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek. The four (from L to R) are Toshiaki Ariie, Haruo Harada, Hirotaro Fujii, and Nobuhisa Nakajima.
            File photo of freed Japanese hostages in Kyrgyzstan

            File photo of freed Japanese hostages in Kyrgyzstan

            TOKYO, Japan - This is a file photo taken last year at a project in Kyrgyzstan which includes three of four Japanese nationals freed by Islamic guerrillas Oct. 24. The Japanese mining engineers are Haruo Harada (R in front row), Hirotaro Fujii (fourth from R in back row) and Toshiaki Ariie (sixth from R in back).
              4 Japanese, 1 Kyrgyz hostage released

              4 Japanese, 1 Kyrgyz hostage released

              KARAMYK, Kyrgyzstan - Japanese mining engineers Toshiaki Ariie (L) and Nobuhisa Nakajima (R), who had been abducted by Islamic rebels, arrived in Karamyk in southern Kyrgyzstan on Oct. 25, along with two other Japanese and a Kyrgyz hostage shortly after the two men were released. Ariie, 58, and Nakajima, 49, were abducted in the Batken district in southern Kyrgyzstan on Aug. 23 together with two other Japanese mining engineers and three Kyrgyz. Two of the three Kyrgyz were freed earlier.
                Photo of freed Kyrgyz interpreter for abducted Japanese

                Photo of freed Kyrgyz interpreter for abducted Japanese

                BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - This photo, taken Oct. 25 in Bishkek, shows Kyrgyz interpreter Omurbek Zhanakeev, who was freed along with four Japanese mining engineers on Oct. 24 after being held hostage for two months by Islamic rebels in Central Asia. Kyrgyz-born Zhanakeev, 35, started learning Japanese in Moscow while studying mining. He stayed in Japan for a year from September 1993. After returning to Kyrgyzstan, he participated in establishing a Japanese culture center and the compiling of a Kyrgyz-Japanese dictionary.
                  Hostage-takers demand release of 50,000 comrades

                  Hostage-takers demand release of 50,000 comrades

                  BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Muslim guerrillas holding a group of hostages in southern Kyrgyzstan, including four Japanese mining engineers, are demanding the release of 50,000 comrades held in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz sources said on Sept. 4. The photo shows a copy of the rebels' statement specifying the demand.
                    Leader of guerrillas who abducted Japanese engineers

                    Leader of guerrillas who abducted Japanese engineers

                    OSH, Kyrgyzstan - Photo shows Juma Namangoni, leader of the Islamic guerrillas who abducted a group of hostages, including four Japanese mining engineers, in southern Kyrgyzstan on Aug. 23. The guerrilla group is well-equipped and well-manned, a Kyrgyz government military officer, who took part in fighting with the guerrillas, told Kyodo News in an interview Sept. 2. Namangoni is said to be aged around 25.
                      Japan sets up headquarters to deal with hostage issue in Kyrgyzs

                      Japan sets up headquarters to deal with hostage issue in Kyrgyzs

                      BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - The photo shows the building housing the Kyrgyz Geology and Mineral Resources Ministry in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek where the Japanese government has set up its local headquarters to deal with the problem of rescuing seven hostages -- four Japanese and three Kyrgyz -- seized by radical Islamic rebels from neighboring Uzbekistan.