But news of the release came with a report that two other Japanese civilians may have been kidnapped.
The Japanese civilians played an important role in the islands' propaganda activities.
Among them were millions of Japanese civilians and soldiers.
This destructive week had killed over 120,000 Japanese civilians at the cost of only 20 B-29s lost.
In the center of town, Japanese civilians also were trying their hand at snow sculpturing.
All Japanese civilians were killed by terrorist in this incident.
The hostile environment contributed to the outflow of Japanese civilians.
In the last, desperate months of the war, this image was also applied to Japanese civilians.
In the 9-month long civilian bombing campaign, over 580,000 Japanese civilians died.
Another group holding three Japanese civilians has been silent for several days.