. >> translator: i have received confirmation from parliamentary vice foreign minister minoru kiuchialgeria. he visited the hospital to identify bodies and confirmed seven japanese workers from the engineering firm jgc corporation are dead. >> abe expressed his condolences to the bereaved families. ministers will send a plane to algeria as early as tuesday to repate riate the bodies of the dead. he called it an unacceptable cowardly act. the government said five other countries including britain, rumania and the phillipines have confirmed their workers were among the casualties. >>> israelis plan to keep prime minister benjamin netanyahu in power. netanyahu called early elections in october after his coalition failed to agree on the annual budget. his national coalition party have consistently led the polls. but the ultra-nationalist jewish home party is rapidly increasing its support. the party opposes peace talks with the palestinians. netanyahu resumed the building of jewish settlement in occupied territories two years ago. the construction breaches international law and contribut

japan's parliamentary vice foreign minister minoru kiuchi is in in amenas. his delegation is trying to determine the fate of ten japanese employees of engineering firm jgc corporation. once again, seven japanese workers have been confirm dead in algeria. prime minister abe received confirmation from the parliamentary vice foreign minister at a task force meeting in tokyo. he was sent to amenas to determine the fate of workers from engineering firm jgc corporation. and at one point the island was home to 400,000 japanese residents. industries such as paper making, coal, and fishing thrived. many buildings and other structures from that era still stand on the island. 68 years after the soviet union regained control, it's a cultural legacy that is becoming a growing interest to the residents. >> reporter: a fortress against the cold. this house outside the islands used to be a military facility. this house outside the island's capital used to be a military facility built by japan. >> translator: i would like to thank the samurai for the great house. >> reporter