Russia Arrests Japanese Journalist on Suspicion of Spying

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said it detained a Japanese journalist who it alleged had been gathering information on Russia's defense capabilities, news agencies reported on Tuesday.

The FSB said the journalist, who works for the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper, had been detained in the Sakhalin region before he planned to leave Russia, and was subsequently transferred to Moscow and arrested, Interfax reported.

This is a developing story.

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