{"id":27364,"date":"2026-10-14T08:04:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T02:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=27364"},"modified":"2026-10-14T08:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T02:19:23","slug":"zakharova-accuses-japan-of-using-journalists-to-gather-information-against-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=27364","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Zakharova Accuses Japan of Using Journalists to Gather Information Against Russia<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dragon Media News Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Japan is using correspondents based in Russia to gather information aimed at undermining Russia\u2019s security, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTokyo\u2019s attempts to use its correspondents who are in Russia and have the status of foreign journalists to gather information with the aim of undermining the security of our state are regrettable,\u201d Zakharova said in a statement published on the ministry\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>She added that the incident was not an isolated case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=27364\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"time\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon Media News Desk Japan is using correspondents based in Russia to gather information aimed at undermining Russia\u2019s security, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. \u201cTokyo\u2019s attempts to use its correspondents who are in Russia and have the status of foreign journalists to gather information with the aim of undermining the security of our &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":27365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164,160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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