Russia Detains Japanese Journalist for Alleged Espionage
Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)--Russia's Federal Security Service, or FSB, said Tuesday that it has detained a male reporter of Hokkaido Shimbun Press, a newspaper publisher in the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido, on suspicion of espionage. Russian news agency Tass reported the incident. The detained man, a Japanese national, is a correspondent of Hokkaido Shimbun's bureau in Yuzh...
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) announced Tuesday that it has detained a Japanese national working as a reporter for the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper. According to The Korea Times, the journalist is accused of gathering information regarding Russia's defense capabilities. The individual, a correspondent for the Hokkaido Shimbun bureau in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, was detained in the Sakhalin region before being transferred to custody in Moscow.
Russian state television broadcast footage showing the man handcuffed by three masked men in black uniforms and being told he is suspected of spying. The footage also depicted the man boarding a plane accompanied by FSB servicemen and appearing in a cage during a Moscow court proceeding, which authorized his custody for nearly two months. Nippon.com News noted that the incident was reported by the Russian news agency Tass.
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