{"id":103543,"date":"2024-09-04T20:34:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T17:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/103543\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"state-news-agency-reports-arrest-of-japanese-agent","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/103543\/","title":{"rendered":"State TV reports arrest of Japanese spy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/japan-bt-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/japan-bt-1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/japan-bt-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/japan-bt-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/japan-bt-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/japan-bt-1128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Screengrab)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 4, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus, for the first time in its history, has thwarted a Japanese covert operation, the state <em>Agency of Television News (ATN)<\/em> said on Telegram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers apprehended a Japanese national whose interests ranged from the socio-political situation in Belarus and the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative to developments at the Belarusian-Ukrainian border and military infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man allegedly operated in Homiel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>ATN<\/em> showed the detainee, who introduced himself as Nakamisi Masatusi (as received).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that his activities could be &#8220;dangerous&#8221; for Belarus, and that the country could be hit by a missile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomorrow evening,<em> Belarus 1<\/em> will broadcast a report &#8220;Failure of \u2018Samurai\u2019 from Tokyo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SUD_POZ_Archive_1128_DSC1875-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SUD_POZ_Archive_1128_DSC1875-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SUD_POZ_Archive_1128_DSC1875-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SUD_POZ_Archive_1128_DSC1875-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SUD_POZ_Archive_1128_DSC1875-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SUD_POZ_Archive_1128_DSC1875.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">One more foreigner convicted of espionage \u2013 Viasna<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 27, Pozirk. The Brest Regional Court has convicted D\u017amitryj \u0160\u0142ethauer (name as received) of extremism and espionage, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported. The human rights group said authorities usually press espionage charges against foreigners or stateless people. The &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/102312\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 4, Pozirk. Belarus, for the first time in its history, has thwarted a Japanese covert operation, the state Agency of Television News (ATN) said on Telegram. 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