Japan Demands Answers After Russia Holds Japanese Reporter

Japan Demands Answers After Russia Holds Japanese Reporter

Japan called in Russia's ambassador, Nikolay Nozdrev, in Tokyo to protest Russia holding Japanese reporter Yuki Imai. Russia's main security agency, the FSB, says Imai — a reporter for the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper with official permission from Russia's Foreign Ministry — was held on Sakhalin island for allegedly spying on military information. What access Japan gets next matters.

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