Japanese government paid 200 million yen ransom to free kidnapped citizen

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    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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