World leaders condemn murder of Japanese journalist
Japan's defence minister Gen Nakatani has said a purported Islamic State video that seems to show the murder of hostage Kenji Goto "appears genuine".
Mother of Japanese hostage appeals to son's captors
The mother of one of the Japanese men taken hostage by Islamic State militants has appealed on film for her son's safe release.
Junko Ishidou, mother of 47-year-old journalist Kenji Goto, said: "Time is running out. Please, Japanese government, save my son's life.
"I would like to say to all the members of Islamic State, Kenji is not an enemy of Islamic State. I ask for his release and assure that he went into the Islamic world of his own accord."
One of the militants, who appeared in the Islamic State video alongside Goto and another hostage, said the Japanese government had until this afternoon to pay a $200 million (£132 million) ransom.
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