Yuan Keqin, a 65-year-old professor who worked at Hokkaido University of Education was taken into custody by national security authorities on suspicion of espionage during a trip to China in 2019 for a funeral of his mother. ...
The eldest son of a prominent Chinese historian who taught at a university in Japan's Hokkaido and is currently detained by Chinese authorities on suspicion of espionage is calling for his father to be released, Kyodo News reported. ...