TOKYO — A Japanese company has denied that it was involved in “systematic prostitute buying” as reported in China, but expressed regret over the damage caused to Japan-China relations, Senior Vice Foreign Minister Ichiro Aisawa said Thursday.
The company, whose name was withheld, admitted it organized a party attended by a number of “Chinese companions” in a hotel in Zhuhai in Guangdong Province, but that all of its employees left for another hotel without being accompanied by the women, Aisawa said at a regular news conference.