Wife of Japanese Hostage Pleads with ISIS for Husband’s Release

ISIS Hostage Crisis: Kenji Goto's Wife Makes 'Last Chance' Plea (NBC News)

The wife of the Japanese journalist being held hostage by ISIS made an impassioned plea for his release Thursday as an apparent deadline passed for a prisoner swap.

Rinko Goto, wife of Kenji Goto, said in a statement: "I fear that this is the last chance for my husband."

She spoke amid concern over the fate of Goto and a Jordanian air force pilot, Mu'ath al-Kaseasbeh.