Video apparently of Japanese hostage surfaces with message to familyTOKYO (Reuters) - A video surfaced on Thursday appearing to show a missing Japanese journalist, reportedly held by an al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, reading a message to his family and country. “Hello, I am Jumpei Yasuda. Today is my birthday, 16 March,” the bearded man said on the video, posted on Facebook. The man, sitting at a table in front of a white wall, said he missed his family but could no
