JAPAN.- A new threat issued by the extremist group of the Islamic State (IS) reiterate their position against the lives of Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa, two japanese hostages that were kidnaped under the following warning: either they receive 200,000,000 dollars like they asked for last Tuesday or these men will be murdered.

With an online post of a countdown clock and a caption that read "the countdown has started", the members of this terrorist organization intend to pressure the government of Japan into giving them money, adding to this, they posted images of the hostages that were previously executed by the group.

Prior to this last call, the Japanese government stated that they are looking to settle an agreement, although reports say that they are unaware of previous actions. News agency AP, said that the attempts of establishing contact with ISIS have been less than productive, and that at the moment Japan hasn't shown any interest in paying ransom.

"Time is running out, please, I beg the Japanese Government, to save my son's life. My son isn't' an enemy of the Islamic State" begged the mother of a hostage to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. A few days back, the jihadists released a video threatening to execute their hostages in three days if they didn't receive the requested amount of money. The deadline has passed and the current hostage situation is still unknown.

With information from Huffington Post, Notimex and ABC

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