Attacks in China and Japan raise concerns about xenophobia in both countries
Japanese media organizations, a Japanese woman living in China was attacked and injured by a man at the Suzhou metro station.
The attacks on Thursday were concerned about the enemies in both China and Japan, which were held responsible for the attacks in both countries. Since last year, it has been the third attack in China with Japanese life. In the previous two cases in China, Chinese officials insisted that they were isolated events.
Japanese publisher NHK did not describe the wounded woman in Suzhou, but referring to the Japanese General in Shanghai, saying that it was with her child in a subway station when the attack took place. NHK reported that the child was not injured and that the mother returned home after being treated in a hospital.
A telephone conversation with the Suzhou police remained unanswered on Friday evening and the local police have not yet made any official announcement. However, the Japanese news agency Kyodo, the suspect was detained, he said.
In the early hours of Thursday, in Tokyo, two Chinese men were seriously injured in the attacks, and four male attackers who used unbearable weapons remained in a statement published by the Chinese Embassy in Japan. The identity of the attackers was uncertain.
The Chinese Embassy called on Japanese officials to take action to capture the attackers in the Tokyo attack and to ensure the safety and legal rights of Chinese citizens in Japan to ensure the “response to the last increase in xenophobia in the Japanese society”.
Last September in South China 10 -year -old Japanese student died After being stabbed by a Chinese man who was not far from the gate of the Japanese school in South China, South China, South China. The man was sentenced to death.
In June 2024, a Japanese woman and her child were injured. an attack By a Chinese man, in Suzhou. A Chinese bus official who tried to protect them from the attack was killed. Man He was sentenced to death.
On Friday, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China called on the safety and safety of Japanese citizens in China in China.
“It is very sad that such an incident took place again. The safety of employees and their families is to ensure that the safety is the basis for doing business in China,” he said.
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Mari Yamugchi, an AP author in Tokyo, contributed to this report.
