邦人の早期解放働き掛け　金杉中国大使が着任会見

　【北京時事】新たに着任した金杉憲治・駐中国大使は１９日、北京の日本大使館で記者会見し、「最も大切な仕事の一つは在留邦人の安全・安心の確保だ」として、スパイ容疑などで拘束されている日本人の早期解放を中国側に働き掛ける考えを表明した。自ら領事面会に臨むことも「当然考えていきたい」と前向きな姿勢を示した。（2023/12/19-20:32）

Kenji Kanasugi, Japan's new ambassador to China, said Tuesday that he is determined to make efforts to free at an early date Japanese nationals detained by Chinese authorities on espionage charges.
   In a press conference held at the Japanese embassy in Beijing, Kanasugi said he will consider meeting directly with those detainees "as a matter of course."
   Before becoming the first top Japanese diplomat in the country in seven years who does not belong to the so-called China school at Japan's Foreign Ministry, Kanasugi served as director-general of the ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau and helped arrange meetings between then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
   "I think I can utilize my experience of being part of the process of getting Japan-China relations back on a stable path," he said.
   Regarding China's protest against the discharge of treated wastewater into the ocean from Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Kanasugi said it is crucial to continue to have calm, scientific discussions with Beijing.