According to the Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Japan will request of Jordan to strengthen the protection of diplomats who are in the country, while Tokyo is making every effort to secure the release of the Japanese journalist held hostage by jihadists of the Islamic State.

Furthermore, the Japanese Prime Minister stressed that the government in cooperation with

Jordan, collect and analyze information in an attempt to release Japanese journalist held hostage by Islamists. Earlier, however, the Japanese Minister of Foreign affairs said that he has no information about the fate of the two hostages, the Japanese journalist and Jordanian pilot.