A Japanese journalist and a Jordanian military pilot held hostage by ISIS have less than 24 hours to live, according to an online message that appears to be authentic, analysts said to NBC News. The ...

Efforts to free a Japanese journalist held hostage by ISIS were in a "stalemate" after the militants' deadline for a prisoner exchange passed without news of his fate, a top Japanese diplomat told NBC ...

A new ISIS video purports to show the beheading of a Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, NBC News reported. It comes a week after ISIS beheaded another Japanese hostage and demanded the release of a would ...

The Islamic State group threatened to kill two Japanese hostages unless Tokyo pays a $200 million ransom within 72 hours, in a video posted on jihadist websites on Tuesday. In the footage, a ...

The mother of a Japanese journalist facing a possible Friday deadline for execution by ISIS, made an emotional appeal for the militant group to release her son, revealing he had recently become a ...