China arranges for Japanese officials to visit detained Japanese citizen -China foreign ministry
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BEIJING, Nov 29 (Reuters) - China has arranged for Japanese embassy officials to visit a detained citizen, China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
Japanese Ambassador to China Hideo Tarumi on Tuesday met for the first time with a senior Astellas Pharma employee who was arrested last month on suspicion of espionage, Kyodo News reported citing a Japanese government official.
China arrested a Japanese businessman in March on suspicion of espionage. Japan has since called on China to release its citizen to prevent the issue from affecting relations. (Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Writing by Bernard Orr; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
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