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Kieran Guilbert

Belarus sentences Japanese man to 7 years in jail for espionage

A court in Belarus has jailed a Japanese man for seven years for espionage after he was convicted of working on behalf of Japan's intelligence service.

Masatoshi Nakanishi, who has been in custody in Belarus since his arrest in July, was accused of taking thousands of photos of military and civilian facilities in the Belarusian-Ukrainian border area from 2018 to 2024 and sharing them with Japanese intelligence.

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