As the Japanese Minister of Defense Guin Nakatani announced today, Japanese specialists found the video released by the jihadist organization of the Islamic State in which “appears” the murder by beheading of Japanese hostage journalist Kenji Gota, to be original.

Police immediately informed the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of latest developments by stating that the video “has a high degree of reliability”.

Following today’s developments, the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stated“outraged with the terrorist, vile and horrible act”.