Working alongside McCann Erickson Japan, the French cosmetics firm has launched a contest endorsed by ‘new half’ Haruna inviting members of the public to compose and submit Senryu poems. Senryu is a ...

THE distraught father of a Japanese hostage beheaded by Islamic State militants has apologised to another captive who tried to free his son. “I thought ‘Ah, this has finally happened’ and was filled ...

The Japanese Prime Minister said today there was a new audio recording purporting to be from one of the hostages pictured with terrorist Jihadi John appeared credible. In the recording, a voice ...

The Japanese Prime Minister has stated that a video reporting the death of Isis captive Haruna Yukawa is believed to be authentic. Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa were held hostage by the terrorist ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed anger after ISIL claimed it had executed hostage Haruna Yukawa. The militant group issued a video containing an audio message for the first time, ...

As the brilliant red, green and white explosions reflected off the surface of the lake, I turned to my partner with two simple words: "Merry Christmas." Our journey had begun eight hours earlier at ...

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday called the apparent killing of a Japanese captive by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants "outrageous and impermissible," and again called for the ...

n Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe says the "credibility" of a recording announcing the execution of a Japanese citizen held by Islamic State (IS) militants is "high". Mr Abe made the remarks to ...

Arab ambassadors to Japan released a joint statement condemning the murder of Haruna Yukawa by Islamic State militants and urging the immediate release of the group's other Japanese hostage, Kenji ...