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Japan lodges protest after Russia detains diplomat amid spying claims | South China Morning Post

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Japan has lodged a protest against Russia’s detention of a Japanese consular official in Russia’s eastern city of Vladivostok. Moscow has accused the diplomat of espionage, charges Tokyo has denied, saying Russian authorities used abusive interrogation techniques on the diplomat identified as Motoki Tatsunori. He wa…

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