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A Japanese employee of a pharmaceutical company who is serving a prison sentence in China is expected to be released in mid-December.
A Japanese employee of a pharmaceutical company who is serving a prison sentence in China is expected to be released in mid-December.
The man, who is in his 60s, had been working in China for many years for the Japanese drugmaker Astellas Pharma. He was due to return to Japan as part of a personnel transfer when security authorities in Beijing detained him in March 2023.
He was found guilty of espionage at a Beijing court in 2025 and sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
Sources say that when his sentence ends in mid-December, he is likely to be released and deported to Japan.
The Japanese government has called for his early release, but he now appears likely to serve his full sentence.
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