Persona non grata

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan on Tuesday ordered a Russian diplomat based in Sapporo to leave the country within six days, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi.

But Hayashi stopped short of giving details about the Russian diplomat, saying merely that Japan responded "accordingly" to Moscow's expulsion of the consul. He said Tuesday that the Russian detention and interrogation of the Japanese consul was a "clear and serious violation" of international law and "extremely regrettable." Hayashi told reporters that his ministry declared the diplomat at the Russian Consulate General in the major northern city persona non grata after Russian authorities detained the consul in Vladivostok for about three hours, accusing him of carrying out espionage, and expelled him from the country.

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Tuesday declared a Russian consul in Sapporo "persona non grata" and requested they leave Japan by October 10 ...

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

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

Japan ordered a Russian consul in Sapporo to leave the country by October 10 in retaliation for the expulsion of a Japanese consul in Vladivostok last month ...

Vice Foreign Minister Takeo Mori on Tuesday summoned Russian Ambassador Mikhail Galuzin and informed him of Japan's decision. TOKYO, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Japan ordered a Russian consul in Sapporo to leave the country by October 10 in retaliation for the expulsion of a Japanese consul in Vladivostok last month, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. Japan's decision comes after Russia's FSB security agency said in September that it had detained the Japanese consul for suspected espionage and ordered him to leave the country.

Foreign Minister says move is in retaliation after Russia's Federal Security Service detained a Japanese consul in Vladivostok for alleged espionage and ...

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