Terrorist group holds 2 Japanese citizens for ransom

1. Islamic extremist group ISIS has captured 2 Japanese men.
2. In a new video the group demands $200 million from Japan.
3. Japan recently pledged the same amount to help fight ISIS.
4. Japan has 72 hours to pay the ransom.
5. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called the threat “unacceptable.”
6. The 2 men were captured by ISIS in Syria possibly in the Fall.
7. One of the men, Kenji Goto Jogo, was a freelance journalist.
8. It’s unclear why the other man, Haruna Yukawa, was there.

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