Russia detains Japanese journalist for alleged spying

Russia's security agency said Tuesday it has detained a Japanese journalist with the Sapporo-based Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper on Sakhalin in the Russian Far East on suspicion of spying.The male reporter, posted at the newspaper's bureau in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on the Russian island, was allegedly working for a Japanese intelligence service and collecting information related to Russia's defense capabilities, according to Tass news agency.Citing Russia's principal security agency, the FSB, Tass said he was placed in custody after being transported to Moscow, while the agency's Investigative Dire…READ FULL ARTICLE