Japan’s foreign minister urges China to release detained national


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TOKYO/BEIJING – Japan’s foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, who met his Chinese counterpart on Sunday, has urged Beijing to promptly release a detained Japanese national. Mr Hayashi’s meeting with Mr Qin Gang was the first visit to Beijing by a Japanese foreign minister in over three years, as the two rival Asian powers seek common ground amid rising regional tension. An employee of Astellas Pharma Inc was detained in China for unknown reasons, a company spokesman said a week ago. At least 16 other Japanese have been detained in China on suspicion of spying since 2015, according to Japan’s Kyodo News....