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Family holds funeral for murdered hostage

NOGATA, Japan - Setsuko Koda holds a photo of her son Shosei, who was killed by an Islamic militant group in Baghdad, at his funeral in Nogata, Fukuoka, Nov. 5.

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Family holds funeral for slain hostage Koda

FUKUOKA, Japan - Masumi Koda, father of Shosei Koda, a hostage slain in Iraq, makes an address in Nogata in Fukuoka Prefecture on Nov. 5. At center is Shosei's mother, Setsuko, and at right is elder brother, Maki.

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Slain hostage Koda's body arrives in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Masumi Koda (L) and his wife Setsuko, the parents of slain Japanese hostage Shosei Koda, arrive at Fukuoka airport Nov. 3 to receive their son's body. Shosei's body, after he was killed in Baghdad, was transported to his hometown in Fukuoka Prefecture.

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(1)Family of Japanese hostage urges safe release

TOKYO, Japan - Kidnapping victim Shosei Koda's mother Setsuko (L) cries in a car Oct. 28, when she left the Tokyo office of the Al-Jazeera satellite news network. She appealed for her son's freedom in an interview. He has been kidnapped by a group of Islamic militants in Iraq.

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(2)Family of Japanese hostage urges safe release

TOKYO, Japan - Teary-eyed Setsuko Koda (R), mother of Japanese backpacker Shosei Koda who has been kidnapped by a group of militants in Iraq, and his elder brother Maki, plead for his release Oct. 39 in a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan.

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(2)Japan seeks to rescue hostage in Iraq, no troop pullout

NOGATA, Japan - Masumi Koda (L), flanked by his wife Setsuko, reads a statement near his house in Nogata, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 27, asking the government for help in securing the release of his 24-year-old son Shosei, who has been held hostage in Iraq by a radical group linked to the al-Qaida network.

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(2)Family of Japanese hostage urges safe release

TOKYO, Japan - Teary-eyed Setsuko Koda (R), mother of Japanese backpacker Shosei Koda who has been kidnapped by a group of militants in Iraq, and his elder brother Maki, plead for his release Oct. 39 in a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan. (Kyodo)

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Family holds funeral for murdered hostage

NOGATA, Japan - Setsuko Koda holds a photo of her son Shosei, who was killed by an Islamic militant group in Baghdad, at his funeral in Nogata, Fukuoka, Nov. 5. (Kyodo)

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Slain hostage Koda's body arrives in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Masumi Koda (L) and his wife Setsuko, the parents of slain Japanese hostage Shosei Koda, arrive at Fukuoka airport Nov. 3 to receive their son's body. Shosei's body, after he was killed in Baghdad, was transported to his hometown in Fukuoka Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japan seeks to rescue hostage in Iraq, no troop pullout

NOGATA, Japan - Masumi Koda (L), flanked by his wife Setsuko, reads a statement near his house in Nogata, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 27, asking the government for help in securing the release of his 24-year-old son Shosei, who has been held hostage in Iraq by a radical group linked to the al-Qaida network. (Kyodo)