Release of Japanese hostages still unconfirmed: Aisawa

Release of Japanese hostages still unconfirmed: Aisawa

AMMAN, Jordan - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Ichiro Aisawa speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Amman on April 11 about the hostage incident in which three Japanese have been captured by a militant group in Iraq. Aisawa denied reports that the three Japanese hostages were released.

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