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Wednesday, October 24, 2018
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Turkish intelligence, security unit saved Japan journalist in Syria — official
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe governor of Turkey’s southern Hatay province says a Japanese journalist was rescued as a result of efforts by Turkish intelligence and security units.
Japan confirmed today that the man freed from Syria is Jumpei Yasuda, a Japanese freelance journalist kidnapped in 2015, and that he is in good health.
Governor Erdal Ata says Yasuda had no identification with him when he was brought from Syria, which he had entered illegally.
Ata says Yasuda will be handed over to Japanese officials as soon as necessary procedures on the Turkish side are completed.
— AP
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