Overview
- Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Japan has been in contact with both detainees and confirmed they are safe.
- The government is calling strongly for their early release and pledges full support to the individuals and their families.
- Officials have not disclosed the identity or detention details of the second person, citing privacy.
- One detainee is widely reported by CPJ and Radio Farda to be NHK’s Tehran bureau chief, detained on Jan 20 by Iranian authorities.
- Japan also reported minor damage from falling debris to a Japanese-affiliated ship in the Gulf of Oman, with no injuries and no confirmed link to the wider conflict.