Japan’s foreign minister said Sunday that he had lodged a protest with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regarding the detention of a Japanese employee in China last month, calling for his immediate release.
Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi expressed Japan’s “strict stance” on the employee’s detention during a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Qin Gang, in Beijing.
Hayashi said that Japan’s consulate has been unable to make direct contact with the employee since his arrest last month.
“We would ask [the Chinese authorities] for the earliest release of the person and allow us to meet and have direct contact with him,” Hayashi told reporters…. Source
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