Tokyo Demands China Stem Anti-Japan Hate After Fatal Attack.
Japanese officials told their Chinese counterparts to provide a full explanation of the recent stabbing death of a Japanese boy in southern China and deal with “untruthful and malicious” internet posts targeting Japan, as Tokyo stepped up pressure on Beijing to respond to the incident.
In a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New York on Monday, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said China must take steps to protect Japanese nationals within its borders.
Kamikawa also requested that China thoroughly deal with social media posts including those referring to Japanese schools in China. Japanese State Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoshifumi Tsuge and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong in Beijing.
The diplomatic exchanges laid bare the divisions between the neighbors amid concerns in Japan that China’s history of anti-Japan rhetoric has prompted attacks on Japanese people.
Japanese officials told their Chinese counterparts to provide a full explanation of the recent stabbing death of a Japanese boy in southern China and deal with “untruthful and malicious” internet posts targeting Japan, as Tokyo stepped up pressure on Beijing to respond to the incident.
In a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New York on Monday, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said China must take steps to protect Japanese nationals within its borders.
Kamikawa also requested that China thoroughly deal with social media posts including those referring to Japanese schools in China. Japanese State Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoshifumi Tsuge and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong in Beijing.
The diplomatic exchanges laid bare the divisions between the neighbors amid concerns in Japan that China’s history of anti-Japan rhetoric has prompted attacks on Japanese people.
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