Japan says to keep Afghan support despite killing

Japan, a leading donor to Afghanistan, said Wednesday it would not alter its assistance after authorities in the war-torn country said a Japanese aid worker was killed. Afghan authorities said they found the bullet-riddled body of Kazuya Ito, 31, an agriculture specialist for a Japanese non-governmental group who was kidnapped the day before. "The Japanese government's commitment to Afghan reconstruction and the war on terror will never change," foreign ministry spokesman Kazuo Kodama told a news conference.