Japanese official arrives in Kuwait to repatriate Koda&#39;s body
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KUWAIT CITY : Japan&#39;s Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa arrived in Kuwait to supervise arrangements for the repatriation of the body of Japanese tourist Shosei Koda who was beheaded by militants in Iraq.
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The body of a man found by the US military in Iraq is not likely to be that of 24-year-old Japanese national Shosei Koda, who was kidnapped in the country, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Hatsuhisa Takashima said.
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TOKYO The Japanese government has convened an emergency session. This, after a report that a body believed to be Asian was discovered in Iraq.
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Japan&#39;s Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura has confirmed a headless body found Saturday in Baghdad is that of Japanese hostage Shosei Koda.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said Tuesday he will press his country's case in Washington this week for reducing what he called the "the excessive burden" placed on Okinawa by the presence of U.S. troops.
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A body resembling a Japanese captive has been found in Iraq and is being shipped to Qatar for identification, Japanese officials have said.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi heads to the Middle East this week to try to help calm the worst crisis in the region in months and urge Israeli and Palestinian leaders to return to negotiations.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi  reiterated on Wednesday that he wanted at some point to visit  Iraq, where Japanese troops are engaged in reconstruction work.
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AMMAN - Japanâs Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa arrived in Jordan early Thursday to set up a task force to deal with the kidnapping of a Japanese in neighbouring Iraq, the embassy said.
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A Japanese citizen taken hostage in Iraq has been executed, the Kyodo news agency reported Saturday. Shosei Koda, 24, was kidnapped last week, by the group linked to al-Qaida-affiliated militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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A body that looks like that of a Japanese hostage threatened with execution by Islamic militants in Iraq has been found, a Japanese foreign ministry spokesman said.
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The Japanese government convened an emergency session Friday following a media report that a body believed to be Asian was discovered in Iraq.
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Japan sought international help on  Thursday for a Japanese man held hostage in Iraq, with less  than 24 hours to go for a deadline set by his captors to behead  him unless Tokyo pulled out its troops.
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KUWAIT CITY - Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawar arrived in Kuwait on Saturday for a two-day official visit, an AFP correspondent reported.
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Japan sought international help on Thursday for a Japanese man held hostage in Iraq, with less than 24 hours to go for a deadline set by his captors to behead him unless Tokyo withdraws its troops.
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The Japanese Emperor arrived in Britain Sunday for a three-day visit that will see him carry out engagements including dinner with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
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Japan was checking a media report on  Friday that an Asian body had been found in Iraq after a  deadline expired for the beheading of a Japanese youth whose  captors had demanded that Tokyo withdraw its troops.