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.
Tokyo, October 13 — Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Tuesday the detention of a male journalist working for Hokkaido Shimbun Press, a prominent newspaper in Japan's Hokkaido region. According to Russia's news agency Tass, the detained individual is a Japanese national employed as a correspondent for Hokkaido Shimbun's bureau in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, the capital of Sakhalin region situated in Russia's Far East. The journalist was reportedly transferred to Moscow from Sakhalin.
The FSB suspects the man of espionage activities for a Japanese intelligence agency. They allege that he gathered and stored information regarding the country's defense capabilities. The source does not provide any further details on the accused journalist's name or any additional evidence supporting the FSB's claims.
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