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	washingtonpost.com: Koizumi Resolute on Iraq After Killing of Hostage
		Koda's lack of judgment in entering Iraq -- he was reportedly carrying little money and taking few safety precautions -- has also been criticized on the Internet and elsewhere in recent days, even generating harsh comments from the government officials who struggled to save him.
		Koda's grief-stricken family said it had received more than 50 phone calls from indignant Japanese critical of their son's trip and the use of tax dollars to try to secure his release.
		Koda was last seen alive begging for his life in a grainy video released Tuesday after being kidnapped by a group linked to Abu Musab Zarqawi, a Jordanian-born insurgent leader in Iraq.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A13528-2004Oct31?language=printer (583 words)

	Shosei Koda biography .ms (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Shosei Koda (香田証生 Kōda Shōsei, 1980 - November 3, 2004?) was a Japanese citizen who was kidnapped and later beheaded in Iraq of November 3, 2004 while touring the country.
		In his execution video, his three captors stand behind Koda and Koda sits; the captors stand while Koda sits on the American flag.
		Koda has his hands tied behind his back and is blind-folded while his captor in the middle, behind him, reads a speech which lasts for 2 minutes and 10 seconds.
	shosei-koda.biography.ms.cob-web.org:8888 (311 words)

	Leader condemns traveler's beheading - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		Koda's lack of judgment in entering Iraq -- he was reportedly carrying little money and was taking few safety precautions -- has also become a target of criticism on the Internet in recent days, even generating harsh comments from the government officials who struggled to save him.
		Koda's grief-stricken family said it had received more than 50 phone calls from indignant Japanese critical of their son's trip and the use of tax dollars to secure his release.
		Koda was last seen alive begging for his life in a grainy video released Tuesday after being kidnapped by a group linked to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian linked to al-Qaida.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/s_267956.html (576 words)

	Japanese hostage's reason for being in Iraq a mystery \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		A video of Koda was posted on the Internet on Tuesday, saying he had been kidnapped by followers of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and would be killed unless Japan withdraws its troops from Iraq.
		Koda was the first Japanese taken hostage in Iraq since April, when militants captured two groups of Japanese civilians and threatened their lives.
		Koda's capture comes at a time of waning public support for Koizumi's leadership and deep public doubts about the deployment of troops to Iraq.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20041028/news_1n28hostage.html (643 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 163 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Shosei Koda was only twenty-four when he heard the call of his heart and crossed the risky road passing through the desert of Jordan and Iraq.
		We now know for sure, Shosei Koda was trying to find an accommodation in Baghdad and as he failed to secure one, he was on his way back to Amman from where he started his ill-fated journey early last week.
		Shosei Koda is no longer among us to repeat his simple question to the Japanese prime minister.
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/11/05/d41105020525.htm (1095 words)

	CNN.com - Beheaded Japanese hostage found - Oct 30, 2004
		Koda was kidnapped Tuesday, and his captors threatened the next day to behead him unless Japan pulled its troops out of Iraq.
		The discovery of Koda's body comes shortly after it was confirmed that another body -- found in Balad, north of Baghdad -- was not that of Koda.
		Koda was seen kneeling in front of three masked militants dressed in fl and calling on Koizumi to help him.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/meast/10/30/japan.hostage/index.html (532 words)

	USATODAY.com - Official: Decapitated body found in Iraq is Japanese hostage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hours after Koda's body was found Saturday, a Polish woman being held by militants pleaded for her life and asked Poland to remove its troops from Iraq in a video aired by Al-Jazeera television.
		Koda's death was the first of a Japanese hostage in Iraq.
		The ordeal was excruciating for Koda's family, which pleaded for his life on Arabic TV and through international media throughout the week, saying their son — who was traveling as a tourist — had no political intentions in Iraq and was simply curious.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2004-10-30-iraq-body-found_x.htm (998 words)

	Japan Appeals for Release of Hostage in Iraq (washingtonpost.com)
		Koda, described as an adventure traveler from the southern Japanese island of Kyushu, was shown pleading for his life in a video posted on a radical Islamic Web site Tuesday and broadcast Wednesday on national television in Japan.
		Koda is the first Japanese seized by followers of Zarqawi, who have asserted responsibility for many of the beheadings in Iraq.
		Koda's distressed parents confirmed that the man seen on the video was their son, saying they had last seen him when he left home 10 months ago for a year in New Zealand, reportedly to study English.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A1599-2004Oct27.html (818 words)

	Pakistan Times \| Top Story: Iraq: Japanese taken Hostage as Amnesty points out HR violations
		The video, which was posted on a Website often used by militants, showed the anxious Koda, with long hair and a thin beard, seated in front of three masked men and a fl banner bearing the group's name.
		Koda's family told public broadcaster NHK that Koda had gone abroad in January and started a working holiday in New Zealand in July.
		Media reports said Koda was working at a hotel in Jordan and had told his colleagues that he wanted to go to Iraq.
	pakistantimes.net /2004/10/28/top7.htm (891 words)

	Video: Shosei Koda Beheading Video
		Koda, 24, was killed by an Islamist group which had threatened to slay him unless Japan pulled out its 550 troops operating in Iraq -- a demand rejected by Tokyo.
		Koda was the first Japanese national killed in Iraq amid a wave of kidnappings.
		The remains of Shosei Koda, left Kuwait Tuesday for home aboard a commercial flight, a spokesman for the Japanese embassy said.
	inhonor.net /videos/uped/fl_video.php?f_num=133500 (217 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Japan's backpacker hostage
		A Japanese film director, Hiroshi Shinomiya, who met Mr Koda there, told Japanese broadcaster NHK that he had tried to stop him from going because it was too dangerous.
		Mr Koda is reported to have boarded a bus to Iraq used by locals which is rarely checked at the border.
		His father told reporters that Shosei had not told his family of his latest travel plans, probably because he knew they would try to stop him.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3958125.stm (597 words)

	AM - Japan to stay in Iraq despite beheading
		Many people are blaming the victim not the government, describing the young man, Shosei Koda as naive and irresponsible.
		MARK SIMKIN: Shosei Koda's first name means "proof of life" and his family has spent an anguished four days praying for just that.
		Shosei Koda left Japan to study English in New Zealand.
	www.abc.net.au /am/content/2004/s1231959.htm (549 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com Shosei Koda was the first Japanese killed in Iraq
		NHK, the country's national broadcaster, the identity of the body found in central Baghdad on Saturday was that of Shosei Koda, 24.
		Japanese officials said fingerprint tests proved a decapitated body, wrapped in an American flag, found in Baghdad was that of backpacker Shosei Koda, who had been held by al-Qaida-linked militants demanding Tokyo withdraw its 500 troops from the southern city of Samawah.
		Koda was the first Japanese national killed in Iraq amid a wave of kidnappings, says Channel News Asia.
	newsfromrussia.com /accidents/2004/11/01/56886.html (1555 words)

	USATODAY.com - Japan says body in Iraq not likely hostage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The government had said a body found in central Iraq resembled that of hostage Shosei Koda, 24, and that it was being sent to medical experts for identification.
		Foreign Ministry spokesman Hatsuhisa Takashima told a news conference there were several discrepancies, including that the body was dressed in Middle Eastern clothing; the face, though mutilated, had traces of a beard; and the person seemed to be about 50 years old, was overweight, and had a different dental structure.
		Koda, who left Japan in January for a yearlong trip starting in New Zealand, had told people he met traveling that he wanted to go to Iraq to see the country.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2004-10-29-japanese-hostage_x.htm (690 words)

	HIBERNIUM.com :\|: Now Dreaming :\|: The mystery of Shosei Koda (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Unsurprisingly, people were quick to dismiss Shosei Koda as a flaky, clueless tourist who got himself killed.
		Shosei Koda was the second son of a construction worker and a nurse.
		Koda's dream was to become a prosthetics engineer and design artificial limbs for civilians who had been injured in war zones.
	www.hibernium.com.cob-web.org:8888 /blog/000052.shtml (543 words)

	Zarqawi group releases beheading video of Japanese hostage. 03/11/2004. ABC News Online
		A group led by Al Qaeda-ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has showed the beheading of Japanese hostage Shosei Koda in Iraq while he was lying on top of a US flag in an Internet video.
		Mr Koda's hands were tied behind his back and three masked men dressed all in fl stood beneath the group's banner.
		After reading a statement, the men grabbed Mr Koda and put him on the flag before sawing off his head with a large knife and holding it aloft and placing it on top of the corpse.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200411/s1233339.htm (413 words)

	Asia Times Online - The trusted news source for information on Japan
		As Japan anxiously awaits news on the fate of 24-year-old Shosei Koda, its latest citizen to be taken hostage in Iraq, a strange mood of pessimism and defiant resolve hangs over the country.
		Koda spoke of wanting to find out what was going on in the country.
		Koda's parents, Masumi and Setsuko, could also not explain their son's actions and thought he was in New Zealand until they saw him on TV.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Japan/FJ30Dh01.html (1528 words)

	CNN.com - Beheaded Japanese to be flown home - Oct 31, 2004
		Shosei Koda was found in Baghdad on Saturday wrapped in an American flag after Japan refused hostage-takers' demands to pull troops from the country.
		The death of Koda, who was kidnapped last Tuesday, puts renewed pressure on Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who must soon decide whether to extend Japan's deployment of 550 troops beyond December.
		The discovery of Koda's body came shortly after it was confirmed that another body -- found in Balad, north of Baghdad -- was not that of Koda.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/meast/10/31/japan.hostage/index.html (628 words)

	Shosei Koda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shosei Koda (香田証生 Kōda Shōsei, November 29, 1979–November 3, 2004) was a Japanese citizen who was kidnapped and later beheaded in Iraq on November 3, 2004 while touring the country.
		In his execution video, his three captors stand while Koda sits on the American flag.
		The video ends with shots of Koda's blood-covered, severed head on top of his body and a few seconds of shots with the banner of Jama'at al-Tawhid wal Jihad.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shosei_Koda (221 words)

	Japan Shocked, Perplexed Over Iraq Hostage
		Masumi Koda, left, father of Shosei Koda, a Japanese man kidnapped in Iraq by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group, along with mother Setsuko, speaks to journalists at his house in Nogata, southwestern Japan, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004.
		Shosei Koda did not go to Iraq to distribute aid, reconstruct the country or strike it rich in the oil business.
		Koda's father appealed for his son's life in a videotape aired Wednesday by Al-Jazeera.
	www.comcast.net /data/news/2004/10/27/14468.xml (716 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Body identified as Japanese man
		The Islamist kidnappers of backpacker Shosei Koda gave a 48-hour deadline for the withdrawal of all Japanese troops when they took him on Wednesday.
		Koda's kidnappers are thought to have been the al-Qaeda in Iraq group led by the Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
		Koda is the first Japanese national to be killed by hostage-takers.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/3968709.stm (675 words)

	Curious case of Koda the hostage - After Saddam - www.smh.com.au
		Koda's father Masumi, 54, appealed for his son's life in a videotape aired last night by Al-Jazeera.
		"What I want Shosei's kidnappers to understand is that he is not an activist supporting the stay of the Japanese troops in Iraq nor the American policy there," his father said.
		A poll by the Asahi taken before Koda's kidnapping and published on Tuesday showed 63 per cent of voters want the military to return by the end of the year.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/10/28/1098667895908.html?from=storylhs (683 words)

	Japanese hostage dead : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Koda, 24, appeared Tuesday on a video footage shown on a website reportedly run by Al-Qaida.
		Besides Koda, four Japanese had been killed in Iraq by unidentified gunmen in two assaults, two of them were diplomats and the rest were journalists.
		The second one was on the verge of confirmation after the US military, the discoverer, told Japan the body bears features identical with those of Koda's.
	sf.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=1705100 (435 words)

	Japan Identifies Body in Iraq As Hostage
		Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura, left, announces that Japanese govenment has confirmed that a depapitated body found in Iraq is that of Japanese hostage Shosei Koda during an emergency news conference in Tokyo Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004.
		The body of Koda, taken hostage by Islamic militants was identified through a fingerprint match.
		The ordeal was excruciating for Koda's family, which pleaded for his life on Arabic TV and through international media throughout the week, saying their son - who was traveling as a tourist - had no political intentions in Iraq and was simply curious.
	www.comcast.net /data/news/2004/10/31/17273.xml (912 words)

	Body found doesnt resemble Japanese hostage - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The news sparked immediate fears that the body might be 24-year-old Shosei Koda, who has been held in Iraq by a group threatening to behead him.
		However, it was not clear when the Koda’s kidnapers’ deadline expired, but it was thought to be early on Friday, Japanese time.
		Koda told people he met on the way that he was going to Iraq because he had always wanted to see the country.
	www.aljazeera.com /me.asp?service_ID=5281 (866 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com Japan's 500 non-combat troops will stay in Iraq
		Japanese officials confirmed a body and head found in the Iraqi capital were those of Shosei Koda, 24, a backpacker thought to have taken a bus to Iraq from Jordan last week.
		According to CNN, Shosei Koda was found in Baghdad on Saturday wrapped in an American flag after Japan refused hostage-takers' demands to pull troops from the country.
		Shosei Koda is shown in an undated file photo.
	newsfromrussia.com /world/2004/11/01/56897.html (1789 words)

	Japanese hostage an easy target - Iraq - www.theage.com.au
		Mr Koda, who left Japan for a New Zealand working holiday in January, had not been in touch with his family since July but reportedly told a fellow traveller in Amman that he planned to spend a week touring Iraq.
		Yesterday, Mr Koda's father, who is in poor health, told a press conference attended by representatives from Arab news network al-Jazeera that he wanted to make a direct plea for his son's life.
		Mr Koda's mother and 28-year-old brother travelled to Tokyo as the 48-hour deadline set by the terrorists drew nearer.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/10/28/1098667907992.html?from=storylhs (583 words)

	Video shows beheading of Japanese hostage - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com
		Fingerprint tests proved the headless body found in central Baghdad was Koda, 24, who had been held by al-Qaida-linked militants demanding that Japan withdraw its 500 troops from Iraq, said Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura.
		Two diplomats and two journalists have also been killed in separate ambushes, but their deaths were not seen as related directly to the dispatch.
		Koizumi said Koda’s murder and the extension of the dispatch were separate issues.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6373920 (888 words)

	Body unlikely to be Japanese - After Saddam - www.smh.com.au
		An unidentified body found near the Iraqi town of Tikrit was unlikely to be that of Japanese hostage Shosei Koda, police said yesterday.
		Earlier Mr Koda's mother had renewed her plea for her kidnapped son to be freed even as reports of the discovery of the body, initially thought to be that of an Asian, came in.
		His mother, Setsuko Koda, a nurse, described her son as strong and said that she had named him Shosei because it meant that he would "leave proof of his existence in the world".
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/10/29/1099028211706.html (277 words)

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