金杉新大使、拘束邦人と面会　就任後初―中国

　【北京時事】金杉憲治・駐中国大使は３０日、中国当局にスパイ容疑で拘束されているアステラス製薬の日本人男性と領事面会した。面会は金杉氏が昨年１２月に着任してから初めて。男性は健康状態について「特に問題は生じていない」と話したという。日中関係筋が明らかにした。（2024/01/30-19:54）

Kenji Kanasugi, Japan's new Ambassador to China, met Tuesday with a Japanese employee of drugmaker Astellas Pharma Inc. who has been held by Chinese authorities on suspicion of espionage, diplomatic sources said.
   During the meeting, the Astellas employee said he has no particular health problems, according to the sources.
   The Japanese national was detained in Beijing last March, when he was about to go back to Japan after finishing his assignment in the country. He was formally arrested in October.
   At a Japan-China summit in November, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called on Chinese President Xi Jinping to release him at an early date.
   It was the 10th meeting between the Astellas worker and a Japanese diplomat. Kanasugi's predecessor, Hideo Tarumi, also met with him before leaving China.