Japan’s negotiations with the Islamic State group, who are threatening to execute a Japanese journalist and a Jordanian pilot, have become “deadlocked,” Japan’s deputy foreign minister said, according to a local media report on Saturday. ISIS is seeking the release of Sajida al-Rishawi, a female suicide bomber who attacked a hotel in Jordan in 2005, for the lives of Kenji Goto and Muath al-Kaseasbeh.
from International Business Times http://www.ibtimes.com/isis-hostage-update-negotiations-islamic-state-deadlocked-kenji-goto-muath-al-1801304
