The detainment of the senior employee of Astellas Pharma Inc. by Chinese authorities was the key topic of the three-hour discussion between Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Qin Gang in Beijing.

China has ousted its foreign minister Qin Gang from office nearly a month ... Wang Yi held talks with Japan's Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa in Indonesia in July. But Nakamura said concerns ...

Qin Gang is one of the most high-level officials in the Chinese Communist Party to have been absent for this long Speculation on Qin Gang remained rampant on Wednesday, a day after he was removed ...

The lengthy absence from public view of China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang has sparked furious online speculation, again highlighting China's secrecy. The 57-year-old has not been seen in public ...

KARUIZAWA, Nagano Prefecture--Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and sent a word of caution to China on April 18, the final day of the Group of Seven ...

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa has commented on the death sentence in China handed down to a man charged in connection with a knife attack on a bus carrying Japanese schoolchildren.