The younger brother of a Japanese security worker taken captive in Iraq said on Saturday that a dead body shown in Internet footage posted by an Islamic militant group was of his brother. The group, ...

Prague, 28 May 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Japan says it is trying to confirm if a body shown in a video by a militant group in Iraq is that of a Japanese hostage in Iraq. The undated video, posted on the ...

KUN0020 4 GEN 0388 KUWAIT /KUNA-NHL3 PPL-JAPAN-IRAQ Ansar Al-Sunnah says Japanese man has died from injuries after shooting (With Photo) TOKYO, May 28 (KUNA) -- Akihiko Saito, a Japanese security ...

A Japanese hostage held in Iraq died from wounds he received after opening fire on his captors who had not intended to kill him, the militant Sunni group which kidnapped him said in an Internet ...

BAGHDAD, May 28 -- An insurgent group said in an Internet posting Saturday that it had killed a Japanese hostage captured after his convoy was attacked near the western city of Hit on May 8. A video ...