Islamic State says beheads Japanese hostage Goto ReutersSylvia Westall and William Mallard [url=mailto:?subject=Islamic%20State%20says%20beheads%20Japanese%20hostage%20Goto&body=I%20thought%20you%20would%20be%20interested%20in%20this%20story%20I%20found%20on%20MSN%3A%20Islamic%20State%20says%20beheads%20Japanese%20hostage%20Goto%20http%3A%2F%2Fa.msn.com%2F01%2Fen-us%2FAA8P7s3] [/url] © AP Photo This still image taken from a video posted on YouTube by jihadists on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, purports to show a still photo of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto holding what appears to be a photo of…Islamic State militants released a video on Saturday which purported to show the beheading of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, who the al Qaeda offshoot had been holding hostage.Japan condemned the Islamist group and said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet would meet in response to the video, which showed a hooded man standing over Goto with a knife held to his throat, followed by footage of a body with a head placed on it.The release of the video came exactly a week after footage purportedly showing the beheaded body of another Japanese hostage Haruna Yukawa."I cannot help feeling strong indignation that an inhuman and despicable act of terrorism like this has been committed again," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said, adding the video appeared to show Goto. "We resolutely condemn this."A White House spokeswoman said the United States was working to confirm the authenticity of the latest video and "strongly condemns" the militant group's actions.