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Freed Japanese journalist says kidnappers not Taliban

TOKYO, Japan - Freelance journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka, who was released on Sept. 4 by his kidnappers in Afghanistan, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Sept. 6, 2010, after arriving in Japan the same day. Through messages posted on his Twitter account, Tsuneoka denied his abductors were Taliban insurgents as claimed by Afghan security authorities.

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Freed Japanese journalist says kidnappers not Taliban

TOKYO, Japan - Freelance journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka, who was released on Sept. 4 by his kidnappers in Afghanistan, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Sept. 6, 2010, after arriving in Japan the same day. Through messages posted on his Twitter account, Tsuneoka denied his abductors were Taliban insurgents as claimed by Afghan security authorities.

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Freed journalist home

OSAKA, Japan - Freelance journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka arrives at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Sept. 6, 2010, after being held captive in Afghanistan for more than five months.

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Freed journalist home

OSAKA, Japan - Freelance journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka arrives at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Sept. 6, 2010, after being held captive in Afghanistan for more than five months.

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Freed journalist home

OSAKA, Japan - Freelance journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka arrives at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Sept. 6, 2010, after being held captive in Afghanistan for more than five months.

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Japan journalist missing in Afghanistan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka (R) is photographed with photo journalist Hironobu Kubota in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on March 28, 2010. The Japanese government said April 2 that a Japanese national presumed to be Tsuneoka was abducted.

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Japan journalist missing in Afghanistan

TOKYO, Japan - January 2009 file photo shows journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka who went missing in Afghanistan. The Japanese government said April 2, 2010, that a Japanese national presumed to be Tsuneoka was abducted.

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Taliban deny commander has seized Japanese journalist

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows Japanese freelance journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on March 26, 2010, before he went missing. On April 4, the Taliban rejected claims made by one of its commanders that local Taliban members have kidnapped him. (Kyodo)

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Japan journalist missing in Afghanistan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka (R) is photographed with photo journalist Hironobu Kubota in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, on March 28, 2010. The Japanese government said April 2 that a Japanese national presumed to be Tsuneoka was abducted. (Kyodo)

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Japan journalist missing in Afghanistan

TOKYO, Japan - January 2009 file photo shows journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka who went missing in Afghanistan. The Japanese government said April 2, 2010, that a Japanese national presumed to be Tsuneoka was abducted. (Kyodo)

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Freed journalist home

OSAKA, Japan - Freelance journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka arrives at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Sept. 6, 2010, after being held captive in Afghanistan for more than five months. (Kyodo)

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Freed journalist home

OSAKA, Japan - Freelance journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka arrives at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Sept. 6, 2010, after being held captive in Afghanistan for more than five months. (Kyodo)

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Freed Japanese journalist says kidnappers not Taliban

TOKYO, Japan - Freelance journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka, who was released on Sept. 4 by his kidnappers in Afghanistan, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Sept. 6, 2010, after arriving in Japan the same day. Through messages posted on his Twitter account, Tsuneoka denied his abductors were Taliban insurgents as claimed by Afghan security authorities. (Kyodo)

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Freed Japanese journalist says kidnappers not Taliban

TOKYO, Japan - Freelance journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka, who was released on Sept. 4 by his kidnappers in Afghanistan, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Sept. 6, 2010, after arriving in Japan the same day. Through messages posted on his Twitter account, Tsuneoka denied his abductors were Taliban insurgents as claimed by Afghan security authorities. (Kyodo)

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Freed journalist home

OSAKA, Japan - Freelance journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka arrives at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Sept. 6, 2010, after being held captive in Afghanistan for more than five months. (Kyodo)

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Freed Japanese journalist denies any link to Islamic State

Kosuke Tsuneoka, a Japanese journalist recently freed from detention in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Nov. 10, 2016. Tsuneoka denied allegations that he had links to the Islamic State militant group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Journalist returns to Japan after being detained in Iraq

Japanese journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka, 47, speaks with the press at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2016, after being detained in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region on suspicion of having links to the Islamic State militant group. He was handed over to the Japanese Embassy in Iraq by the Kurdish authorities on Nov. 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Journalist returns to Japan after being detained in Iraq

Japanese journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka, 47, is seen at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2016, after being detained in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region on suspicion of having links to the Islamic State militant group. He was handed over to the Japanese Embassy in Iraq by the Kurdish authorities on Nov. 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Detained Japanese journalist in Iraq released

Japanese journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka, as shown in this undated photo, who was detained in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, told a friend on Nov. 7, 2016, that he has been released and posted on his Twitter account he will return to Japan on the following day's evening. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese journalist Tsuneoka detained by Kurdish authorities in Iraq

Undated photo shows Japanese journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka. He has been detained by Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq, Japan's top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said on Nov. 1, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese journalist detained in Iraq

Japanese journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka (R)(3rd from R) shown on Oct. 26, 2016, while covering the battle to drive Islamic State from Mosul in Iraq. It was reported on Oct. 31 that Tsuneoka has been detained by local authorities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese journalist detained in Iraq

Japanese journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka (R) shown on Oct. 26, 2016, while covering the battle to drive Islamic State from Mosul in Iraq. It was reported on Oct. 31 that Tsuneoka has been detained by local authorities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo