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The Economic Times
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Moscow accuses Japan of using journalists for espionage

Moscow: Russia accused Japan on Wednesday of the widespread use of journalists for espionage, following the arrest last week of a Japanese reporter on spying accusations.

Russian authorities said last week that Japanese journalist Yuki Imai had been arrested on its Far East island of Sakhalin, near a disputed cluster of islands, accused of "conducting espionage activities on Russian territory".

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