The Japanese Foreign Ministry protested the visit of a delegation from the PRC to Itorup Island The Japanese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned Russian Ambassador Nikolai Nozdrev and protested in connection with the arrest of a Japanese journalist in the Sakhalin region and the visit of a delegation from the People's Republic of China to Itorup Island, the department said in a statement. "On October 14, the Director General of the Bureau of European Affairs of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimitaka Nakamura, summoned the Russian Ambassador Nikolai Nozderev and announced the departure in connection with the statement of the Russian FSB about the arrest of a Japanese citizen in the Sakhalin region, as well as in connection with the visit of a delegation from China's Heilongjiang Province to Europe.

The Japanese Foreign Ministry protested the visit of a delegation from the PRC to Itorup Island The Japanese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned Russian Ambassador Nikolai Nozdrev and protested in connection with the arrest of a Japanese journalist in the Sakhalin region and the visit of a delegation from the People's Republic of China to Itorup Island, the department said in a statement. "On October 14, the Director General of the Bureau of European Affairs of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimitaka Nakamura, summoned the Russian Ambassador Nikolai Nozderev and announced the departure in connection with the statement of the Russian FSB about the arrest of a Japanese citizen in the Sakhalin region, as well as in connection with the visit of a delegation from China's Heilongjiang Province to Europe.