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Rally Demanding Talks With IS Over Japanese Hostage Release Held in Tokyo

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Rally Demanding Talks With IS Over Japanese Hostage Release Held in Tokyo

16:17 GMT 28.01.2015 (Updated: 09:26 GMT 10.02.2015)

Protesters holding placards chant Save Kenji during a demonstration in front of the Prime Minister's Official residence in Tokyo - Sputnik International

Holding candles, participants in the vigil prayed for the release of the Japanese hostage outside the Japan's prime minister's office in Tokyo, while his fate remains undecided.

Jordanian pilot Lt. Mu'ath al-Kaseasbeh - Sputnik International

Jordan Ready for Prisoner Swap With IS, Fate of Japanese Hostage Unclear

28 January 2015, 13:48 GMT

MOSCOW, January 28 (Sputnik) — A demonstration calling for Japanese authorities to enter into negotiations with the Islamic State for the release Kenji Goto, kept hostage by the extremist group in Syria, took place on Wednesday outside the Japanese prime minister's office.

Holding candles, participants in the vigil prayed for the release of Goto, while his fate remains undecided, Kyodo News reported.

Earlier in the day, Japan's Deputy Foreign Minister, Yasuhide Nakayama, said that the situation with the hostage had not changed, adding that the authorities continued to gather and analyze the latest information.

A man walks past screens displaying a television news programme showing an image of Kenji Goto, one of two Japanese citizens taken captive by Islamic State militants, on a street in Tokyo January 25, 2015 - Sputnik International

Jordan Buckles Under Pressure From IS, Planning Prisoner Exchange

28 January 2015, 10:43 GMT

On January 24, IS released a video depicting Goto holding an image of what appeared to be the beheaded body of another Japanese hostage, Haruna Yukawa. Earlier, IS militants demanded a ransom of $200 million for the release of both Japanese captives.

On Tuesday, a voice in another IS video, claiming to be Kenji Goto, warned that he and Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot Muath Kasaesbeh, also an IS hostage, would be killed within 24 hours if they were not exchanged for a failed Iraqi suicide bomber facing the death sentence in Jordan.

On Wednesday, a Jordanian government spokesperson said that the country was ready to release the Iraqi bomber in exchange for Kasaesbeh.