Screaming "Allah-u-akhbar", Iraqi mujahideen drag a scimitar perilously close to Japanese journalist Nariaki Imai's throat. He and two other young Japanese civilians were taken hostage in April, in an attempt to convince Japan to withdraw troops from Iraq. But now that they're safe home, their country has turned against them. "By pursuing the government's responsibility, they pressed the government to change its policy to their own ends" complains editor Seiju Yajima. The hostages have been ordered to pay for their own airfare and medical costs and hounded by the media. "The Government guided it," claims hostage Soichiro Koriyama. "They did it with a definite intention, which is to bash anti-government people." (SBS)