2 more Japanese held in China on spy allegations
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Two more Japanese citizens are being held in China on suspicion of spying, bringing the total number of such cases to four, Japanese media reported.
Japan and China last month acknowledged that two Japanese had been arrested in May on suspected spying charges -- one in Zhejiang province and the other near the North Korean border in Liaoning province.
Japan's Foreign Ministry on Monday declined to confirm or deny the reports.
The two earlier cases were the only ones linked to spying allegations that the Japanese government was informed of, said Kazunari Kotake, an official at the ministry's department in charge of the safety of overseas Japanese.
