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Kenji Goto (後藤 健二, Gotō Kenji, 23 October 1967 – c. 31 January 2015) was a Japanese freelance video journalist covering wars and conflicts, refugees, poverty, AIDS, and child education around the world.
Feb 2, 2015 · A man of charm, vigour and confidence, the author and journalist Kenji Goto survived more than two decades of bringing home the news of events from some of the most perilous corners on earth...
Jan 31, 2015 · A video purportedly released by the Islamic State on Saturday appeared to show the beheading of Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist whom militants had captured in Syria and held hostage. The...
Feb 3, 2015 · People in Japan are now calling Kenji Goto’s murder their 9/11. Why did ISIS allow its negotiations with Jordan to collapse? Jordan’s 9/11 occurred on November 9, 2005, when Iraqi suicide bombers...
Feb 1, 2015 · TOKYO (AP) — Whether in tsunami-stricken northeastern Japan or conflict-ridden Sierra Leone, the stories of the vulnerable, the children and the poor drove the work of journalist Kenji Goto.
Jan 31, 2015 · Kenji Goto, the freelance journalist held by Islamic State militants, was a film-maker and veteran journalist who had striven to publicise the suffering of civilians in war zones. On...
UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has condemned the assassination of freelance Japanese journalist Kenji Goto by extremists in Syria and urged all media workers in the country and neighbouring Iraq to take every possible precaution to ensure their safety.
