Japanese Media Denied The Release Of Nakanishi Masatoshi Teacher

• 23.06.2025, 16:11

He was mistaken for another Japanese citizen.

The Japanese citizen released in Belarus is not a teacher-political prisoner Nakanishi Masatoshi. He was confused with another Japanese citizen, whose name was not given. This is written by the Japanese edition asahi.com, noted "Homiel Spring".

The Japanese citizen was released on June 21 among other 14 political prisoners of Lukashenko's regime. This happened during the visit of U.S. special envoy Keith Kellogg to Belarus. Then six citizens of Belarus (including Sergei Tikhanovsky) and eight citizens of other countries were released.

One Japanese was among those released. The media decided that it was one of the two teachers who worked in Belarusian universities and were accused of espionage.