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Jumpei Yasuda
Born (1974-03-16) March 16, 1974 (age 50)
Iruma, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
DisappearedJune 1, 2015 (aged 41)
StatusMissing for 9 years and 14 days
NationalityJapanese
EducationHitotsubashi University
OccupationJournalist
Years activeAlmost two decades Was first captured in 2004. Reports on wars in Middle East
EmployerFreelance

The dissapearance of Jumpei Yasuda (March 16, 1976 – ), a Japanese freelance journalist who has reported in the Middle East for about 20 years, including Syria, where he was captured twice by terrorists, and set eventually set free on both occasions.[1]


Personal[edit]

Yasuda’s parents and wife are still living. They did interviews discussing his capture. His mother made over 10,000 paper cranes in hopes her wish of getting her son back would come true. His wife went on TV thanking people for their prayers. The whole family is proud of his endurance.[2] The government looks to use him to find out info on what it is like being a captive in Syria. Struggled to speak his native language after being held captive for 40 months.[3]

Career[edit]

Yasuda worked as a freelance journalist in the Middle East for almost twenty years.[1]

Death[edit]

THE ADDED CITY is located in Syria.
Damascus
Damascus
Mentioned locations within Syria relative to the capital Damascus.

Context[edit]

Yasuda worked in the Middle East amid war and terrorist rule. He was captured by a terrorist group closely linked to Al-Qaida.[4]

Impact[edit]

Many people in Japan spoke negatively on Yasuda and his capture. It is common view for people to see his work as unnecessarily dangerous because it is putting himself in harms way and the Japanese government in a difficult situation.[5]

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References[edit]

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  1. ^ a b c "Japanese journalist goes missing in Syria". Newsweek. 14 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Journalist, activist feared abducted near Baghdad". The Japan Times.
  3. ^ a b "Four international reporters missing in north Syria". Committee to Protect Journalists. July 21, 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  4. ^ a b "Ex-hostage stands by decision to visit Iraq". The Japan Times.
  5. ^ a b "Japanese freelance reporter Jumpei Yasuda feared missing in Syria". The Japan Times.
  6. ^ David Román (22 July 2015). "Four Foreign Journalists Missing in Syria". WSJ.
  7. ^ "Spain to seek Syrian government help to find journalists". bostonherald.com.
  8. ^ "Worries grow about freelance Japanese journalist in Syria". The Big Story.
  9. ^ "Japanese Freelance Reporter Jumpei Yasuda Feared Missing in Syria - World Affairs Journal". worldaffairsjournal.org.

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