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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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Comment by Alec
2008-12-29 23:41:42

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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Comment by hl
2008-12-30 00:26:23

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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Comment by zurui
2008-12-30 08:45:16

priceless!

now the terrorists or kidnappers have a starting point to negotiate!

:(

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Comment by theodd1
2008-12-30 10:59:20

what a cutie

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Comment by Trapper John
2008-12-30 20:00:04

What a waste!

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Comment by madne0
2008-12-31 02:31:12

Thanks Japan! That just bought 2000 more IED’s.

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Comment by D-san
2008-12-31 08:19:32

Wow, japan, way to look like complete pussies.

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Comment by ErikaAoi
2008-12-31 10:53:42

That is a terrible situation but what does Japan think Iran will do with that money? Very sad.

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