Freed hostage pair face press, speak of their ordeal in Iraq
Japan Times, Japan - Apr 30, 2004
Two of the five Japanese civilians taken hostage in Iraq and freed unharmed last month faced reporters Friday in Tokyo to talk for the first time about their ...

Professor: Media Pulling Punches On Iraq Coverage Restrictions
Online Journalism Review - Apr 30, 2004
... after Japanese aid workers and journalists were kidnapped by Iraqi militants earlier this month. In Japan the media's selective coverage of the hostage crisis ...

Ex-hostage says government's attitude poses threat
Japan Today, Japan - Apr 30, 2004
TOKYO — A Japanese photojournalist held hostage in Iraq along with two compatriots in April suggested Friday that the Japanese government's outright ...

Truth's Politics
TomPaine.com, D.C. - Apr 30, 2004
... the Iraqi government took about 150 Americans hostage and about 400 hostages in total from other countries including French, British, Japanese and Germans. ...

Japanese Hostages return home to mauling from the right
ZNet, MA - Apr 30, 2004
... some quarters for standing firm in the face of the threats of the hostage-takers, Mr ... by my sister is greater than expected," her brother Shuichi told Japanese TV ...

Japanese Hostages Talk About Their Ordeal
WJLA, DC - Apr 30, 2004
... TOKYO (AP) - They were menaced with guns and knives and held hostage for more than a week. Still, two Japanese who were kidnapped in Iraq expressed sympathy ...

Japanese hostages talk about their ordeal
Fresno Bee, CA - Apr 30, 2004
TOKYO (AP) - They were menaced with guns and knives and held hostage for more than a week. Still, two Japanese who were kidnapped in Iraq expressed sympathy ...

Quick Takes
World Magazine - Apr 30, 2004
... I don't remember.". A Japanese travel agency is billing three civilians who were held hostage in Iraq $7,000 apiece for their airfare home and other expenses. ...

JAPANESE HOSTAGES TALK ABOUT THEIR ORDEAL
KFMB, CA - Apr 30, 2004
(04-30-2004) - They were menaced with guns and knives and held hostage for more than a week. Still, two Japanese who were kidnapped in Iraq expressed sympathy ...

Japanese hostages talk about their ordeal
Raleigh News, NC - Apr 30, 2004
TOKYO (AP) - They were menaced with guns and knives and held hostage for more than a week. Still, two Japanese who were kidnapped in Iraq expressed sympathy ...