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Japan journalist’s detention fuels prisoner-swap speculation

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Russia may seek prisoner swap after detaining Japanese journalist
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Summary

Some believe the detention of a Hokkaido Shimbun reporter is linked to Russia’s handover to Germany this month of a Russian hacker detained in Japan in May, The Japan Times reports. This follows reports that Japan protested Russia’s arrest of the journalist on suspicion of spying.

This continues an earlier story: Japan protests Russia’s arrest of journalist accused of spying

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    The Japan Times reports that some believe the detention of a Hokkaido Shimbun reporter is linked to the handover to Germany this month of a Russian hacker detained in Japan in May.

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