Japan confirms release of second citizen held in Iran

A Japanese national detained in Iran has been released on bail, Tokyo said on Tuesday. The person, believed to be the Tehran bureau chief of Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, is the second to be released after the Japanese government announced last month that two of its citizens had been detained. “The Japanese embassy in Iran has confirmed that a Japanese national who was detained by Iranian authorities on January 20 was released on April 6 local time,” government spokesman Minoru Kihara...