Koda's body arrives in Kuwait City

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa walks into a Kuwait hotel on Nov. 2 to receive the body of murdered Japanese hostage Shosei Koda that was flown to Kuwait City from Baghdad earlier in the day. The body is expected to arrive at Kansai International Airport in Osaka on Nov. 3.

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