Meridan ReportTokyo: Robotics, finance, frontier technology

45°F · Clear

Advertisement

Business

Japan demands access to journalist detained in Russia as spy row persists

Managing Editor · Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 6:13 AM · 1 min read

Japan demands access to journalist detained in Russia as spy row persists — Japan Times, Tokyo Business news — Image: Japan Times

A senior Japanese official met with his Russian counterpart, urging the "immediate release" of a Hokkaido Shimbun reporter.

Up next BOJ likely to keep hiking rates every quarter, ex-official says Business · 1 min read

More Business stories

BOJ likely to keep hiking rates every quarter, ex-official says — Japan Times

BOJ likely to keep hiking rates every quarter, ex-official says

By Katherine Langford

Japan Times

Seventh Satoyama Practitioners Networking Event in Uchiko, Ehime — Japan Times

Seventh Satoyama Practitioners Networking Event in Uchiko, Ehime

By Katherine Langford

Japan Times

第7回 Satoyama実践者交流会を愛媛県内子町で開催 — Japan Times

第7回 Satoyama実践者交流会を愛媛県内子町で開催

By Marcus Chen

Japan Times

Japan to provide Malaysia with counterdrone system — Japan Times

Japan to provide Malaysia with counterdrone system

By Katherine Langford

Japan Times