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Japan says a second Japanese person is detained in Iran and demands their early release
Japan's Foreign Ministry seeks early release of two nationals detained in Iran, with one arrested before Feb. 28 U.S.-Israel strikes, amid calls for journalist freedom by CPJ.
- A second Japanese national has been detained in Iran, according to Japan's Foreign Ministry, which requested their early release.
- Shinnosuke Kawashima, the Tehran bureau chief of Japanese public broadcaster NHK, was arrested on January 20 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and transferred to Evin Prison on February 23.
- The Committee to Protect Journalists said Kawashima's arrest and the intimidation of his colleagues reflects a deliberate effort by Iranian authorities to silence independent reporting.
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C 31%
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