Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda was released, three years after he was abducted in Syria. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Japan Federation of Newspaper workers' Unions, Shimbunroren and Nipporo (Labour Union of Japan public broadcasting company) in welcoming the release of Mr Yasuda and calling on the...

The IFJ has reiterated its call to Japanese government to take all necessary steps to free Jumpei Yasuda, a Japanese journalist who has been held captive in Syria since June 2015, after his appearance in a video posted online by his captors on July 31.