Japan condemns apparent Islamic State execution, demands hostage release

By Antoni Slodkowski and Nobuhiro Kubo TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday called for the immediate release of a Japanese journalist held by Islamic State after a video surfaced claiming that a fellow Japanese captive had been executed. Japanese government officials said they had not confirmed the authenticity of the recording and an image of what appeared to be the decapitated body of Japanese captive Haruna Yukawa, who went missing in Syria in August. U.S. President