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Agriculture minister Arata Takebe, appointed last week, begins his term with a potato problem on his hands, as opposition is growing among his constituents to an increase in potato imports from the ...
News Japan » Hokkaido » Politics: Editorial: Russia must release detained Japanese reporter immediately
Russian intelligence authorities have detained a male reporter from Japan's Hokkaido Shimbun Press stationed in Sakhalin Oblast in the Far East, trans ...
News Japan » Hokkaido » Politics: Japan minister warned over remarks about Russian-held disputed islands
TOKYO - Japan's government said Monday it has given a warning to a Japanese minister overseeing issues related to Russian-occupied, Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido over his remarks that could be ...
News Japan » Hokkaido » Politics: The Russian ambassador cooled the ardor of Tokyo with claims to arrest a Japanese spy journalist
EADaily, October 15th, 2026. Russian Ambassador to Tokyo Nikolai Nozdrev strongly rejected Tokyo's claims in connection with the detention and subsequent arrest of a journalist of the Japanese ...