Japan’s Foreign Ministry Lodges Protest With Russian Ambassador Over Detention of Japanese Journalist...

Japan’s Foreign Ministry lodged a protest with the Russian ambassador over the detention of a Japanese journalist on Sakhalin. Maria Zakharova said that this arrest was not the first such case and that “something like this happened recently”

Japan’s Foreign Ministry summoned Russian Ambassador Nikolai Nozdrev and demanded that Russia provide all information about the detention of journalist Yuki Imai, ensure that he receives “fair and impartial treatment,” and allow contact with him. There has been no contact with him so far, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said.

Earlier on October 14, the country’s foreign minister, Toshimitsu Motegi, said that Japan had asked Russia for an explanation regarding the situation.

Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova claims this is not the first such case and that “something similar happened quite recently.”

For more details, read the article on TV Rain’s website.

🔵On October 13, the FSB reported that it had detained a journalist from the Japanese newspaper Hokkaido Shimbun in the Sakhalin region on suspicion of espionage. A criminal case has been opened against him under Article 276 of the Russian Criminal Code. He was remanded in custody by Moscow’s Lefortovo District Court.

🔵The FSB claimed that he had allegedly been gathering information about the number of mobilized soldiers from the Kuril Islands taking part in the war in Ukraine.

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