Japan Demands Fair Treatment for Journalist Detained in Russia on Espionage Suspicion

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Japan has urged Russia to ensure the humane and impartial treatment of a Japanese journalist detained in the Sakhalin region on suspicion of espionage, while saying its diplomats have been unable to establish direct contact with him. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said on October 14 that Japan’s embassy in Russia and its consulate-general in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk had requested information from Russian authorities and made formal representations over the case. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on October 13 that it had detained a journalist working for Hokkaido Shimbun, accusing him of collecting information about Russia’s military capabilities for Japanese intelligence. The FSB said the information concerned soldiers and volunteers from the disputed Kuril Islands who had been deployed to fight in Ukraine. The journalist was subsequently transferred to Moscow, where a court ordered him held in custody. Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi has also called for in

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