一名日本记者在俄罗斯被逮捕，终于让东京意识到莫斯科正在双边外交关系中强硬施压，而日本显然不愿以相当的力度反击，这可能鼓动克里姆林宫进一步考验其邻国的决心，分析人士称。
The arrest of a Japanese journalist in Russia has finally woken Tokyo up to the fact that Moscow is playing hardball in their diplomatic relationship, and the country’s apparent unwillingness to push back with commensurate force could encourage the Kremlin to test its neighbour’s resolve, analysts say.
日本周三向驻东京的俄罗斯大使正式提出抗议，此前一天莫斯科宣布以涉嫌间谍罪为由逮捕了来自北海道新闻社的记者今井雄希。
Japan lodged an official protest with the Russian ambassador in Tokyo on Wednesday, a day after Moscow announced the arrest of Yuki Imai from the Hokkaido Shimbun Press on suspicion of espionage....