Japan Reacts Islamic State Hostage Crisis

TOKYO, JAPAN - FEBRUARY 01: Waleed Siam (L), ambassador of the Palestinian Authority and head of the Council of Arabic Ambassadors in Japan passes an statement to comdemn Islamic State and condolence to slain Japanese hostages during his meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) at the Foreign Ministry on February 1, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. The government's comprehensive judgment is that the Islamic State militant group released the video, and that the man beheaded was most likely Japanese freelance journalist Kenji Goto.The video was seen on militant websites around 5 a.m. Japan time. Abe repeatedly said the Japanese government was doing its utmost to win Goto's release. The Islamic State had demanded that Goto be exchanged for Sajida al Rishawi, a woman sentenced to death in Jordan for her involvement in a bombing attack in the capital of Amman in 2005. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)