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Russia detains Japanese journalist on espionage allegations

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 10 21 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 14 Oct 20:58 UTC · Russia detains Japanese journalist on espionage allegations

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 1 HEADLINE

  1. 14 Oct, 20:58 UTC

    Russia detains Japanese journalist on espionage allegations

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

  • Minoru Kihara · from 14 Oct 17:28, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • years prison: 20 (2 from 14 Oct 01:05) → 16 (2 from 14 Oct 01:05)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.