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Japan slams lack of access to journalist detained in Russia

CNA20 October 2026, 05:11 UTCJapan

Tokyo said it was "extremely regrettable" that its diplomats had been unable to visit the Japanese journalist detained in Russia, despite a bilateral protocol that guarantees the right to consular access.

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