# Russia arrests Japanese journalist in Sakhalin on suspicion of espionage

https://mins.news/en/item/99534

- BBC Chinese, 2026-10-14 10:34 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/cx054n50gm37o/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Russian authorities arrested Yuki Imai, a Hokkaido Shimbun reporter, on suspicion of espionage, accusing him of gathering information on Russia’s defence capabilities at the direction of a Japanese intelligence agency. Detained in Sakhalin, he was taken to Moscow, where a court ordered him held in custody until Dec. 12. Japan said it learned of the arrest after it was announced and had not contacted him.

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