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Did Japan Botch ISIS Hostage Deal?

Lives at Stake

The country’s ISIS hostage crisis is a tragedy—one that its government helped to create. Is the Abe administration more concerned with saving face than saving lives?

Jake Adelstein
Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky
Jake Adelstein

Jake Adelstein

jakeadelstein

jakeadelstein@me.com

Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky

Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky

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