Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) arrives to attend a ministerial meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo February 1, 2015. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama/Pool
AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan said on Sunday it was still ready to hand over a jailed Iraqi militant to Islamic State in a swap deal if a captured Jordanian pilot was released, even after a second Japanese hostage was beheaded by the hardline group.
Jordan's security and military agencies were making constant checks to see whether the pilot, Muath al-Kasaesbeh, was still alive, government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani said.
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