{
  "id": 17372923,
  "title": "Japan’s FM urges Russia to release journalist detained on Sakhalin",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/japans-fm-urges-russia-to-release-journalist-detained-on-sakhalin",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T08:25:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ukrinform - Politics",
    "slug": "ukrinform-politics",
    "url": "https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/4179972-japans-fm-urges-russia-to-release-journalist-detained-on-sakhalin.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Friday urged Moscow to immediately release a Japanese journalist detained on suspicion of espionage and take steps to achieve a just and lasting peace in Ukraine during a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Japan urges Russia to release detained journalist in rare meeting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/japan-urges-russia-to-release-detained-journalist-in-rare-meeting",
        "published": "2026-10-31T07:28:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Moscow Times",
        "title": "Japan Demands Release of Detained Journalist at G20 Meeting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/japan-demands-release-of-detained-journalist-at-g20-meeting",
        "published": "2026-10-31T09:19:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}