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Japan slams lack of access to journalist detained in Russia

Katherine Langford

Editor-in-Chief · Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at 6:39 AM · 1 min read

Japan slams lack of access to journalist detained in Russia — Japan Times, Tokyo Business news — Image: Japan Times

Russia arrested a journalist from the Hokkaido Shimbun on the Far East island of Sakhalin a week ago on suspicion of espionage.

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