ISIL probably knows that Japan has historically placed the safety of its own citizens above all other considerations – even if it meant bowing to terrorists’ demands. When the Japanese Red Army hijacked a Japan Airlines flight to Dhaka Airport in Bangladesh in 1977, Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda not only paid the $6 million ransom; he also resorted to the “extralegal measure” of handing over imprisoned members of the faction.
伊斯兰国也许知道，历史上日本将本国公民的安全置于高于一切的地位——即使这意味着向恐怖分子低头。1977年，日本赤军（Japanese Red Army）在孟加拉国达卡机场劫持了一家日本航空（Japan Airlines）航班，首相福田赳夫不但支付了600万美元赎金，还采取“法外措施”移交了该组织被关押的成员。“人命的分量”福田赳夫说，“比地球还重。”