Japan retaliates by designating Russian consul persona non grata | Inquirer News

Japan retaliates by designating Russian consul persona non grata

/ 05:26 PM October 05, 2022

The Foreign Ministry building in Tokyo

The Foreign Ministry building in Tokyo. The Japan News/Asia News Network

TOKYO — Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi announced Tuesday that Japan declared a Russian consular officer in Japan as persona non grata.

The move was made in retaliation for Russia doing the same to a Japanese consul at the Japanese Consulate-General in Vladivostok late last month.

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The Russian government temporarily detained the Japanese consul on Sept. 22, claiming that the consul illegally obtained classified information. The consul was then declared persona non grata and was forced to leave Russia.

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Tokyo had lodged a protest and warned Moscow it would take “appropriate measures.”

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