BEIJING: China said it has arrested two Japanese citizens for suspected spying, a move likely to strain already tense ties between Asia’s two largest economies.
The detentions – the first since 2010 involving Japanese on such charges – come as relations remain clouded by disputes over islands and Tokyo’s wartime history, despite close trade links.
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