Japan: China must resolve detention of 4 Japanese
China needs to resolve the case of four Japanese citizens it is holding as the first step toward repairing ties that have been strained over a territorial dispute, Japan's foreign minister said Wednesday.
Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara said the four Japanese citizens, held for questioning by Chinese authorities since last week on suspicion of illegally filming military facilities, would be visited by consular officials for a second time Wednesday. "We want this to be quickly and peacefully resolved," Maehara said in an interview with a small group of journalists. "That would be a first step" toward mending relations with China, he said. (AP)
