Japanese schoolchildren in China down 11% a year after knife attack
Police in Suzhou patrol near the crime scene on June 24. (Photo by Tomoko Wakasugi)
TOMOKO WAKASUGI
SUZHOU, China -- Enrollment at Japanese schools in China has declined more than 10% since a knife attack here a year ago, underscoring persistent safety concerns among Japanese expatriates.
On June 24, 2024, a man stabbed a Japanese woman and her preschool-aged son at a bus stop near a Japanese school in Suzhou. Chinese school bus attendant Hu Youping tried to intervene but was herself fatally stabbed, dying at age 54.
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