User:Crtew/Disappearance of Jumpei Yasuda

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.

Personal
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. 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.

Career
Yasuda worked as a freelance journalist in the Middle East for almost twenty years.

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

Impact
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.

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