Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi urged Russia on Tuesday to immediately release a Japanese national detained there and called it "regrettable" that consular access to him has not yet been allowed.A Japanese journalist was taken into custody on Sakhalin in the Russian Far East on suspicion of espionage, Russian's security agency said on Oct. 13. A bilateral treaty provides for the right to consular access within four days of a person being taken into custody, Motegi said."It is extremely regrettable that a consular meeting could not take place within the prescribed period" of four…READ FULL ARTICLE
