JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has cut short his first foreign visit since taking office to focus on the Algerian hostage crisis, where some of the victims are Japanese.

Abe, who was in Indonesia as part of a Southeast Asia tour, headed home immediately after talks and news conference with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday.

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