Hostage Kenji Goto 's mother 's decision to apologize for inconvenience caused by her son not unusual in Japan . Comment: However the public might feel about the two men who they watched kneel in the desert on their computers and TV screens , there is no doubt that the sight of their countrymen enduring capture at the hands of ISIS has brought the situation in Iraq and Syria into sharp relief . Previous hostages have been treated with indifference upon their return home to Japan .
Hostage Kenji Goto 's mother 's decision to apologize for inconvenience caused by her son not unusual in Japan . Comment: Previous hostages have been treated with indifference upon their return home to Japan .