TOKYO -- Nine out of 17 Japanese nationals detained by Chinese authorities since an anti-espionage law went into effect in 2014 were found by local courts to have provided information to Japan's intelligence agency in exchange for compensation, Nikkei has learned.
International relations
Half of Japanese detainees in China convicted of espionage
9 of 17 provided information to Japan intelligence, Chinese authorities say
Police guard the Beijing courthouse where the verdict in an Astellas employee's espionage case was delivered on July 16. © Kyodo
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