Japan demands access to journalist detained in Russia as spy row persists
A senior Japanese official met with his Russian counterpart, urging the "immediate release" of a Hokkaido Shimbun reporter.
A senior Japanese official has visited Moscow in an effort to secure consular access and the release of a journalist detained on spying allegations, according to Tokyo. Kimitake Nakamura, the director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s European Affairs Bureau, met with Lyudmila Georgievna Vorobyova, the director of Russia's Third Asian Department, which is responsible for Japan.
The meeting took place on Tuesday, and Japan expressed its stance that the detained national should be granted consular access and released immediately, as reported by Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara.
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