Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi appealed to his Chinese counterpart, Qin Gan, to demand the release of a Japanese national detained in Beijing on suspicion of espionage. Reported by the Japanese edition. Kyodo.
The diplomat protested the arrest of a citizen and said Tokyo had demanded his immediate release. Hayashi also requested consular access to a Japanese citizen and urged China to ensure transparency of the proceedings.
A number of bilateral and international issues were discussed, including the detention incident, as well as the situation in the East China Sea in the disputed Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands region. It was noted that the Japanese diplomat expressed his concern about the cooperation between Beijing and Moscow. The interview lasted 3 hours and 45 minutes.
After the adoption of the counterintelligence law in China, 17 Japanese citizens were detained, five of whom are still serving their sentences in China. On March 25, the head of the Japanese pharmaceutical company Astellas was detained.
It was previously reported that China. He insisted Japan is not helping the United States in its attempts to block microchip production.