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Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, left, shakes hands with his counterpart Qin Gang at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, on April 2.武隈周防/The Associated Press Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi protested in a meeting Sunday with his Chinese counterpart the detention of a Japanese national in Beijing and raised “strong concern” about China’s escalating military activity near Taiwan and around Japan. Hayashi is on a two-day visit in China, becoming Japan’s first diplomat to make the trip in more than three years as frictions grow between the countries. He also met Chinese Premier Li Qiang and top diplomat Wang...
