TOKYO - China’s Foreign Ministry said on March 26 via social media that public safety conditions in Japan are unstable, claiming that crimes targeting Chinese nationals have been occurring frequently, as tensions rise following an incident involving a member of Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force.
Citing the intrusion of a Ground Self-Defense Force member into the Chinese Embassy, the ministry described the act as a serious threat to the safety of Chinese diplomats and diplomatic facilities, adding that both its nature and impact were extremely severe. It also issued a renewed warning urging Chinese citizens to refrain from traveling to Japan for the time being.
Meanwhile, the Chinese Communist Party-affiliated Global Times published an editorial criticizing the Japanese government’s response, stating that it had failed to offer even a minimal apology and had limited its reaction to a statement expressing “deep regret.”
The editorial further argued that Japan was attempting to attribute the incident solely to the actions of an individual, asserting that such efforts to evade responsibility or separate the issue from broader accountability were unjustifiable, and called on the Japanese government to issue a formal apology.
Source: TBS
