Japanese government paid 200 million yen ransom to free kidnapped citizen
December 29th, 2008 by James
Months after a Japanese man was freed by his captors in Iran, it has come to light that the Japanese government paid a sizable amount of ransom money to secure his freedom:
Japan paid money equivalent of about 200 million yen to resolve the kidnapping of a Japanese national in Iran, a government source said Monday.
The money is believed to be a de fact ransom for university student Satoshi Nakamura, who was kidnapped in October last year and released in June this year.
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Oh, I wonder how this will go down in Japan.
He’s cute so maybe he can become a Johnny’s popstar and then pay the money back.
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If he becomes one of them, I guess he’d be able to work it off but not pay it off himself, right?
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priceless!
now the terrorists or kidnappers have a starting point to negotiate!
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what a cutie
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What a waste!
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Thanks Japan! That just bought 2000 more IED’s.
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Wow, japan, way to look like complete pussies.
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That is a terrible situation but what does Japan think Iran will do with that money? Very sad.
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