Tokyo protests Russia’s arrest of Japanese journalist on suspicion of spying
- TOKYO -- Japan lodged a protest with Russia on Wednesday over the arrest of a Japanese journalist on suspicion of spying, demanding that Moscow provide an explanation, consular access and humane treatment.
- Tuesday's arrest is the latest dispute between the two countries, whose tensions have spiked after President Vladimir Putin 's visit in August to Iturup, one of four disputed Kuril Islands, a Moscow-controlled Pacific archipelago that also is claimed by Japan.
- Russia's Federal Security Service said the man, who works for the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper, was suspected of gathering information a
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- TOKYO -- Japan lodged a protest with Russia on Wednesday over the arrest of a Japanese journalist on suspicion of spying, demanding that Moscow provide an explanation, consular access and humane treatment.
- Tuesday's arrest is the latest dispute between the two countries, whose tensions have spiked after President Vladimir Putin 's visit in August to Iturup, one of four disputed Kuril Islands, a Moscow-controlled Pacific archipelago that also is claimed by Japan.
- Russia's Federal Security Service said the man, who works for the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper, was suspected of gathering information a
Sources: ABC News