Early on the morning of Feb. 1, 2015, Japan woke to the news that Japanese freelance journalist Kenji Goto, held hostage by Islamic State militants, had been beheaded.
Fast-forward two years: Has the Japanese government learned anything from the hostage crisis that claimed two of the nation¡¯s own?
Fellow freelance journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka, who also visits the Middle East, believes Goto¡¯s death should serve as a lesson about how the roles and responsibilities Japan must accept on the global stage.
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