Foreign correspondents' club in Seoul voices concern over Russia's detention of Japanese journalist
A foreign correspondents' club based in Seoul on Thursday expressed deep concern over Russia's detention of a Japanese journalist on suspicion of espionage, stressing that legitimate journalistic activities must be respected. Last month, Russia's Federal Security Service said it had detained a Japanese journalist working for the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper in the far eastern Sakhalin region on suspicion of espionage. "Gathering information in the public interest is…