The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed regret over Japan's attempts to use journalists for espionage in connection with the arrest of a Japanese journalist in the Sakhalin region, the Russian Foreign Ministry expressed regret over Tokyo's attempts to use its writings to gather information in order to undermine Russia's security. "Today, in the Sakhalin region, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation arrested Imai Yuki, a journalist accredited by the Russian Foreign Ministry, from the Japanese newspaper Hokkaido Shimbun for carrying out intelligence activities on the territory of our country.

The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed regret over Japan's attempts to use journalists for espionage in connection with the arrest of a Japanese journalist in the Sakhalin region, the Russian Foreign Ministry expressed regret over Tokyo's attempts to use its writings to gather information in order to undermine Russia's security. "Today, in the Sakhalin region, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation arrested Imai Yuki, a journalist accredited by the Russian Foreign Ministry, from the Japanese newspaper Hokkaido Shimbun for carrying out intelligence activities on the territory of our country.