Oct 25 (NHK) - Journalist Jumpei Yasuda has described his detention by militants in Syria as like being in hell. He was released after 3 years of captivity.
The Japanese journalist went missing after he entered Syria in 2015. On Wednesday, Yasuda left an immigration facility in southern Turkey. He will likely arrive in Japan on Thursday.
He gave an interview to NHK while on a flight to Istanbul.
He said it was hell physically and psychologically, and that he gradually lost control of himself with the thought of not being freed day after day.
Yasuda noted that he was surprised by beginning to feel that captivity in a cell was normal, adding that the thought itself was painful.
He also expressed anxiety about the future. He said he has no idea about what will happen to him or what he will do because for 3 years he has been unaware of what has been taking place in the world.