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Astellas' Japanese employee in Chinese prison to be released in Dec.

Sources say final arrangements are underway for the Astellas Pharma employee’s release and deportation after he served a 3.5-year espionage sentence.

Summary by Kyodo News+
A Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma Inc. held in a Chinese prison for spying is expected to be released in December, sources close to Japan-China relations said Saturday.

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(Tokyo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Do-yeon = An employee of a Japanese pharmaceutical company, who was indicted on espionage charges in China and is currently serving a prison sentence, is scheduled to be released in mid-next month upon the expiration of his sentence in August 2024...

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Kyodo News+ broke the news in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday, November 7, 2026.
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