Sakhalin:Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has announced the arrest of a Japanese journalist in the Sakhalin region on suspicion of espionage.

According to Anadolu Agency, the journalist, working for the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk bureau of the Japanese newspaper Hokkaido Shimbun, is accused of collecting and storing information on Russia's defense capabilities for Japanese intelligence. The FSB claims this information could potentially be used against Russia's security.

A criminal case has been opened against the journalist, and Moscow's Lefortovo District Court has ordered his arrest while the investigation is ongoing.