Algeria hostage crisis

Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Takeshi Endo, chief of Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp.'s public and investor relations department, looks emotional as he answers reporters' questions at the JGC head office in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 24, 2013. Japan announced the same day it has confirmed the death of the last Japanese to have been unaccounted for in the recent Algeria hostage crisis, bringing the total number of Japanese fatalities in the incident to 10, all of whom worked for the company.

Algeria hostage crisis

Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Takeshi Endo, chief of Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp.'s public and investor relations department, looks emotional as he answers reporters' questions at the JGC head office in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 24, 2013. Japan announced the same day it has confirmed the death of the last Japanese to have been unaccounted for in the recent Algeria hostage crisis, bringing the total number of Japanese fatalities in the incident to 10, all of whom worked for the company.

Algeria hostage crisis

Algeria hostage crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Endo, public relations chief of Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp., holds a press conference at the company's headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 23, 2013. Seven JGC employees were confirmed dead following a hostage crisis in Algeria, while three others remain unaccounted for. A national flag at half-mast can be seen in the background.

Algeria hostage crisis

Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Takeshi Endo, public relations chief of Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp., holds a press conference at the company's headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 21, 2013, after seven of its employees were confirmed dead following a hostage crisis in Algeria.

Algeria hostage crisis

Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Takeshi Endo, public relations chief of Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp., holds a press conference at the company's headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 21, 2013, after seven of its employees were confirmed dead following a hostage crisis in Algeria.

Hostage crisis in Algeria

Hostage crisis in Algeria

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Endo, JGC Corp. spokesman, answers reporters' questions in Yokohama on Jan. 17, 2013, about an unfolding hostage crisis in Algeria, in which employees of the Japanese engineering company were taken hostage along with a number of foreign nationals from up to 10 countries.