Three men attacked a Japanese diplomat in Moscow, according to a September 15, 2008 report by the RIA Novosti news agency. The attack on the Japanese embassy's first secretary took place the previous evening in Gorky Park. There is no mention in the report that the attackers robbed their victim, increasing the possibility that it was a hate crime. So far, neither the police nor the embassy have commented on the crime.

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