Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said on Oct 31 the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) will continue to provide humanitarian aid to Iraq despite a Japanese hostage had been killed, but he did not explicitly say whether to extend the mission.
"To our regret, we have confirmed that the body is that of Shosei Koda," Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura told a news conference in Tokyo after a body was found in Baghdad.
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