Japan woman freed from Chinese prison after serving 6-year sentence

A Japanese woman convicted for espionage in China has been released after serving a six-year prison sentence in Shanghai, a source privy to bilateral relations said Thursday.The woman, who is of Chinese origin, was detained in Shanghai in June 2015. The then executive of a Tokyo-based Japanese language school was indicted in July the following year. The source, however, said the specifics of what she did remain unknown.The Shanghai Intermediate People's Court sentenced her to six years in prison for spying in December 2018.Since 2015, more than 10 Japanese citizens were detained in China on…READ FULL ARTICLE