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Religious groups pray for release of journalist taken hostage

Followers of various religious groups including Muslims offer prayers together for the immediate release of Kenji Goto, a Japanese freelance journalist held captive by Islamic State militants, in front of the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2015.

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Half of Yubari officials receive notifications of retirement

SAPPORO, Japan - Almost half of the officials of the bankrupt city of Yubari in central Hokkaido received official notifications of retirement on March 30. Yubari Mayor Kenji Goto (L) addresses the 142 retiring officials, most of whom are in senior positions, at the end of a retirement ceremony.

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Yubari mayor not to seek reelection

YUBARI, Japan - Kenji Goto, mayor of the financially troubled city of Yubari, Hokkaido, speaks at the city assembly on March 9. Goto said he has decided against running in the mayoral election in April.

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Bankrupt city of Yubari launches 18-year reconstruction program

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshihide Suga (L) talks with Yubari Mayor Kenji Goto (C) and Hokkaido Governor Harumi Takahashi at the Diet in Tokyo on March 6 to formally approve the designation of Yubari city as a local government undergoing financial reconstruction, the equivalent of bankruptcy of a private enterprise.

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Bankrupt city of Yubari launches 18-year reconstruction program

TOKYO, Japan - Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshihide Suga (L) talks with Yubari Mayor Kenji Goto (C) and Hokkaido Governor Harumi Takahashi at the Diet in Tokyo on March 6 to formally approve the designation of Yubari city as a local government undergoing financial reconstruction, the equivalent of bankruptcy of a private enterprise. (Kyodo)

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Yubari mayor not to seek reelection

YUBARI, Japan - Kenji Goto, mayor of the financially troubled city of Yubari, Hokkaido, speaks at the city assembly on March 9. Goto said he has decided against running in the mayoral election in April. (Kyodo)

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Half of Yubari officials receive notifications of retirement

SAPPORO, Japan - Almost half of the officials of the bankrupt city of Yubari in central Hokkaido received official notifications of retirement on March 30. Yubari Mayor Kenji Goto (L) addresses the 142 retiring officials, most of whom are in senior positions, at the end of a retirement ceremony. (Kyodo)

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Photo of murdered journalist Goto displayed at Washington museum

A photo displayed at the Newseum in Washington, an interactive museum of news and journalism, shows freelance Japanese journalist Kenji Goto carrying a video camera. He was killed by the Islamic State militant group earlier this year after being taken hostage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jordanians hold rally to denounce terrorism, mourn slain Japanese

Freelance journalist Kenji Goto talks about his experience of reporting on Syria in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in March 2014. Goto was captured by Islamic State militants later that year and on Feb. 1, 2015, the group posted online a video purporting to show his killing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Univ. of Tokyo prof. Campbell holds 'I AM KENJI' card on Facebook

Professor Robert Campbell of the University of Tokyo's Graduate School posts an undated photo of himself holding an "I AM KENJI" card on Facebook in an effort to save Japanese journalist Kenji Goto taken hostage by the Islamic State militant group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe instructs ministers to work as one over hostage crisis

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with reporters on Jan. 28, 2015, at his office in Tokyo, following a ministers' meeting to deal with the hostage crisis. Abe instructed them to work as one to quickly secure the release of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State militants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe instructs ministers to work as one over hostage crisis

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with reporters on Jan. 28, 2015, at his office in Tokyo, following a ministers' meeting to deal with the hostage crisis. Abe instructed them to work as one to quickly secure the release of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State militants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan says online image of hostage's body likely authentic

Junko Ishido, the mother of Kenji Goto, one of two Japanese taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State, speaks to reporters at her home in Koganei, western Tokyo, in early hours of Jan. 25, 2015, after an image of her son was posted online. The image shows Goto holding a picture purportedly showing Haruna Yukawa, the other hostage, has been executed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Syrian man says he saw 2 Japanese hostages killed by IS

Photo taken April 2, 2015, shows a Syrian man discussing video footage of Haruna Yukawa and Kenji Goto, two Japanese hostages killed by the Islamic State militant group earlier in the year. The man has revealed that he stayed with the two and delivered food to them in a cell for foreign captives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Syrian man says he saw 2 Japanese hostages killed by IS

Photo taken April 2, 2015, shows a Syrian man discussing video footage of Haruna Yukawa and Kenji Goto, two Japanese hostages killed by the Islamic State militant group earlier in the year. The man has revealed that he stayed with the two and delivered food to them in a cell for foreign captives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photo of murdered journalist Goto displayed at Washington museum

A photo displayed at the Newseum in Washington, an interactive museum of news and journalism, shows freelance Japanese journalist Kenji Goto carrying a video camera. He was killed by the Islamic State militant group earlier this year after being taken hostage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Muslims in Japan harassed in wake of hostage crisis

File photo taken Feb. 1, 2015, shows Muslims from across Japan praying for Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist believed to have been killed by the Islamic State militant group, at Otsuka Mosque in Tokyo's Toshima Ward. At least six mosques and a Muslim organization in Japan have received threats since a hostage crisis that saw Goto and another Japanese man killed by the group, a Kyodo News survey showed Feb. 23, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People gather to mourn hostages Yukawa, Goto

More than 200 people gather in front of JR Shibuya Station in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2015, to mourn Japanese hostages Haruna Yukawa and Kenji Goto, who were killed by Islamic State militants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People gather to mourn hostages Yukawa, Goto

Participants pray for Japanese hostages Haruna Yukawa and Kenji Goto, who were killed by Islamic State militants, during a rally in front of JR Shibuya Station in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Brother of slain journalist hopes to end chain of bloodletting

Photo taken Feb. 3, 2015, in Tokyo shows Junichi Goto, elder brother of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto who was killed by Islamic State militants. Goto said, "I expect the chain of bloodletting to be end. Otherwise Kenji died in vain." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jordanians hold rally to denounce terrorism, mourn slain Japanese

Freelance journalist Kenji Goto talks about his experience of reporting on Syria in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in March 2014. Goto was captured by Islamic State militants later that year and on Feb. 1, 2015, the group posted online a video purporting to show his killing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Slain journalist's mother meets with reporters

Junko Ishido, mother of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, believed to have been killed by Islamic State militants, meets with reporters sitting in front of his photo in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2015. She said she was proud of her son, who always hoped for peace. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State not sincere in hostage swap talks: Jordan lawmaker

Photo taken Feb. 1, 2015, shows Bassam Al-Manaseer, chairman of the Arab International Affairs Committee, during an interview with Kyodo News in Amman, after a video purporting to show the killing of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto was posted online. The senior Jordanian parliamentarian said Islamic State militants could not be trusted to follow through on a possible hostage swap deal which was seen as tied to the release of Goto. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan strives to ensure safety of Japanese amid terror threats

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) attends a meeting of government and ruling party officials at his office in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2015. Abe urged the meeting participants to join forces to ensure the safety of Japanese nationals after a video purportedly showing the beheaded body of journalist Kenji Goto was posted online by a group believed to be Islamic State militants the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan strives to ensure safety of Japanese amid terror threats

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) addresses a meeting of government and ruling party officials at his office in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2015. Abe urged the meeting participants to join forces to ensure the safety of Japanese nationals after a video purportedly showing the beheaded body of journalist Kenji Goto was posted online by a group believed to be Islamic State militants the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan strives to ensure safety of Japanese amid terror threats

Natsuo Yamaguchi (C), leader of the Komeito party, speaks in a meeting of government and ruling party officials at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2015. A day after a video purportedly showing the beheaded body of journalist Kenji Goto was posted online by a group believed to be Islamic State militants, Yamaguchi said at the meeting Japan has a history of extending "humanitarian" support to the Middle East and that the government "should maintain its stance without being intimidated by terrorist provocations and threats." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Muslims in Japan pray for Goto

About 20 Muslims gather at Masjid Otsuka in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Feb. 1, 2015, to pray for Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist, following the online release of a video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Goto, who was taken hostage by Islamic State militants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Journalists gather in front of the Japanese Embassy in Jordan's capital Amman on the night of Jan. 31, 2015, after a new video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Kenji Goto, a Japanese man taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State militants, was posted online. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Muslims in Japan pray for Goto

About 20 Muslims gather at Masjid Otsuka in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Feb. 1, 2015, to pray for Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist, following the online release of a video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Goto, who was taken hostage by Islamic State militants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Yasuhide Nakayama speaks to reporters in front of the Japanese Embassy in Jordan's capital Amman on Feb. 1, 2015, following an online release of a new video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Kenji Goto, a Japanese man taken hostage by Islamic State militants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Yasuhide Nakayama speaks to reporters in front of the Japanese Embassy in Jordan's capital Amman on Feb. 1, 2015, following an online release of a new video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Kenji Goto, a Japanese man taken hostage by Islamic State militants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

A woman walks past a big screen reporting a new video image posted online by Islamic State militants in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district on Feb. 1, 2015. The image purportedly showed the beheaded body of Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist taken hostage by the group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Junko Ishido (R in center), the 78-year-old mother of Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State militants, and her husband Ikuo are surrounded by reporters in Koganei, western Tokyo, on Feb. 1, 2015, after a new video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Goto was posted online. She said, "I'm so upset that I can't find the right words." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Journalists gather in front of the Japanese Embassy in Jordan's capital Amman on the night of Jan. 31, 2015, after a new video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Kenji Goto, a Japanese man taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State militants, was posted online. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Passers-by read extra issues of newspapers reporting a new video image posted online by a group believed to be Islamic State militants in Tokyo's Ginza district on Feb. 1, 2015. The image purportedly showed the beheaded body of Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist taken hostage by the group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Junko Ishido, the 78-year-old mother of Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State militants, speaks to reporters in Koganei, western Tokyo, on Feb. 1, 2015, after a new video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Goto was posted online. She said, "I'm so upset that I can't find the right words," (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Shoichi Yukawa (R), the father of Haruna Yukawa, one of two Japanese hostages believed to have been executed by Islamic State militants, speaks to reporters at his home in Chiba on Feb. 1, 2015, after a new video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of the other hostage Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist, was posted online. Shoichi Yukawa asked that his face not be shown. (Pool photo by Sankei Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Junko Ishido, the 78-year-old mother of Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State militants, speaks to reporters in Koganei, western Tokyo, on Feb. 1, 2015, after a new video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Goto was posted online. She said, "I'm so upset that I can't find the right words," (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) speaks at a meeting of Cabinet ministers in charge of the hostage crisis involving Japanese journalist Kenji Goto at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2015, after a new video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Goto, a Japanese man taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State militants, was posted online. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Junko Ishido, the 78-year-old mother of Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State militants, speaks to reporters in Koganei, western Tokyo, on Feb. 1, 2015, after a new video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Goto was posted online. She said, "I'm so upset that I can't find the right words," (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2015. Suga said the government believes that a new video image posted online earlier in the day purportedly showing the beheaded body of Kenji Goto, a Japanese man taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State militants, is likely authentic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2015, after a new video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Kenji Goto, a Japanese man taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State militants, was posted online. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Japanese Cabinet ministers in charge of the hostage crisis involving Japanese journalist Kenji Goto gather at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2015, after a new video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Goto, a Japanese man taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State militants, was posted online. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2015. Suga said the government believes that a new video image posted online earlier in the day purportedly showing the beheaded body of Kenji Goto, a Japanese man taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State militants, is likely authentic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) speaks at a meeting of Cabinet ministers in charge of the hostage crisis involving Japanese journalist Kenji Goto at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2015, after a new video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Goto, a Japanese man taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State militants, was posted online. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office on Feb. 1, 2015, after a new video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Kenji Goto, a Japanese man taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State militants, was posted online. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office on Feb. 1, 2015, after a new video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Kenji Goto, a Japanese man taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State militants, was posted online. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People plead for release of Japanese hostage

People hold candles and placards in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on the evening of Jan. 30, 2015, pleading for the release of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People plead for release of Japanese hostage

People hold candles and placards in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on the evening of Jan. 30, 2015, pleading for the release of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People plead for release of Japanese hostage

People hold candles and placards in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on the evening of Jan. 30, 2015, pleading for the release of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo