Escalating row between Russia and Japan

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 27 Jan 2020 by Alex Teddy
On January 27 Russia expelled an unnamed Japanese journalist accusing him of espionage. Surprisingly this man was arrested in 2019 but is only being expelled now.On January 25 Japan arrested a Japanese SoftBank employee whom they suspect passed trade secrets to the Russians. SoftBank is a telecom and internet company. Yutaka Araki is the Japanese who allegedly spied for Russia. The Japanese want two Russian diplomats whom they suspect of being Araki's contacts to be handed over. There is no chance that they will be handed over.In 2019 there were overtures between the two countries. They will not have signed a peace treaty on the Second World War. The two countries still dispute the Kurile Islands.

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