Japanese media say professor from Hokkaido University was detained in September
Chinese authorities have detained a Japanese man in Beijing following media reports that a university professor was being held on suspicion of spying.
“The Japanese embassy in China confirmed that a Japanese man in his 40s was detained by Chinese authorities in Beijing in September for allegedly violating Chinese laws,” Japan’s top government spokesman, Yoshihide Suga, told reporters.
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