Japan appeal to Muslims Scholars in Arabic , IS Hostage Crisis

Ko Nakata, a visiting professor at Doshisha University in Kyoto, said he has a way to communicate with the Islamic State group.

At a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo, he offered to travel to the area controlled by the group to help.

A briefing paper provided to reporters said Nakata has many friends in Syria, where he has traveled over 10 times.

At the press conference Thursday, Nakata addressed his “friends in the Islamic State” in both Japanese and Arabic and called for an extension of the 72-hour deadline, saying it was too short for negotiations to take place.

“My proposal is to offer the same amount of money demanded by the Islamic State on the condition it be solely used for assistance and humanitarian aid to refugees through the Red Crescent Societies, with the intermediation of Turkey,”

“Or with the condition that the aid be utilized only for families who have suffered in Syria and Iraq,”

 Nakata said

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