The body of slain Japanese hostage Shosei Koda arrived Wednesday evening at Fukuoka airport, where his parents had waited.
The body had been transported to Kuwait City from Baghdad earlier in the day by the U.S. military, and was carried on an airliner to Kansai International Airport via Dubai.
Koda's father, Masumi, 54, and mother, Setsuko, 50, were at Fukuoka airport when the body arrived at around 8:30 p.m.