00:00The Japanese government says it has urged Moscow to ensure fair and impartial treatment
00:07of a Japanese journalist who was arrested by Russia on suspicion of espionage.
00:12Tokyo said it was seeking details about the arrest.
00:16Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Japan has not been able to contact the individual
00:22and did not know about the arrest until the official announcement.
00:26Russia's foreign ministry identified the reporter on Tuesday as Yuki Imai from the Hokkaido
00:33Shimbun newspaper with a spokesperson saying he was accused of, quote, conducting espionage
00:40activities on Russian territory.
00:42Moscow's FSB Security Service alleged Japanese national reporter had worked for Japanese intelligence
00:49to collect information about Russia's defenses and was arrested on the far east island of
00:55Sakhalin.
00:56The arrest comes amid a spike in tensions between Moscow and Tokyo following Russian President
01:03Vladimir Putin's August trip to the Kuril Islands, the Moscow-controlled Pacific archipelago that
01:10is claimed by both countries.
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