Japanese diplomats were allowed to see the Hokkaido Shimbun journalist for the first time two weeks after the arrest. Tokyo again demanded his release 18+. This material (information) is produced, distributed and (or) sent by a foreign agent of the Internet publication "NOVAYA GAZETA" or concerns the activities of a foreign agent of the online publication "NOVAYA GAZETA". On October 26, employees of the Japanese embassy in Moscow met for the first time with the journalist of the newspaper "Hokkaido Shimbun" Yuki Imai, who was arrested by the Russian security forces in Sakhalin on suspicion of espionage, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. According to the department, the journalist is in satisfactory condition and has no health problems. The Japanese authorities, in an official statement, again demanded that Russia "immediately release the Japanese citizen and ensure that he receives humane treatment and fair and impartial treatment." We will remind you that the FSB arrested Imai on October 13 in Yuzhno-Sakhlinsk, on the eve of his departure from Russia. According to the intelligence service, the reporter gathered information about the number of conscripted and volunteer participants in military operations against Ukraine from among the residents of the Kuril Islands. After the arrest, the journalist was taken to Moscow, where the Portovo court sent him to detention. The Japanese were charged with a criminal case of espionage (Article 276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), giving up to 20 years in prison.

Japanese diplomats were allowed to see the Hokkaido Shimbun journalist for the first time two weeks after the arrest. Tokyo again demanded his release 18+. This material (information) is produced, distributed and (or) sent by a foreign agent of the Internet publication "NOVAYA GAZETA" or concerns the activities of a foreign agent of the online publication "NOVAYA GAZETA". On October 26, employees of the Japanese embassy in Moscow met for the first time with the journalist of the newspaper "Hokkaido Shimbun" Yuki Imai, who was arrested by the Russian security forces in Sakhalin on suspicion of espionage, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. According to the department, the journalist is in satisfactory condition and has no health problems. The Japanese authorities, in an official statement, again demanded that Russia "immediately release the Japanese citizen and ensure that he receives humane treatment and fair and impartial treatment." We will remind you that the FSB arrested Imai on October 13 in Yuzhno-Sakhlinsk, on the eve of his departure from Russia. According to the intelligence service, the reporter gathered information about the number of conscripted and volunteer participants in military operations against Ukraine from among the residents of the Kuril Islands. After the arrest, the journalist was taken to Moscow, where the Portovo court sent him to detention. The Japanese were charged with a criminal case of espionage (Article 276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), giving up to 20 years in prison.