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Japan Times
3 days ago
- Business
- Japan Times
Two Japanese nationals killed in Dalian, China
Two Japanese nationals were killed in China's northeastern city of Dalian last month, it was revealed on Tuesday. According to the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, local authorities notified the mission on May 25 that a Chinese national has been taken into custody in connection with the killings. The case is under investigation, and local police have told the consulate that the incident arose from a business dispute between acquaintances. Given the nature of the incident, the consulate has not issued a safety warning to other Japanese nationals residing in the region. It will consider appropriate responses and how to communicate to the public regarding the incident moving forward, a consulate official told The Japan Times on Tuesday. There were 3,067 Japanese nationals residing in Dalian as of October 2023, according to the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo. Two deadly incidents targeted Japanese nationals residing in China last year, which stirred up safety concerns among the Japanese community in the country and diplomatic tension between Beijing and Tokyo. In June last year, a Chinese man attacked a school bus used by a local Japanese school in China's eastern city of Suzhou , resulting in the death of a Chinese bus attendant who attempted to protect a Japanese child and a parent. In September last year, a 10-year-old Japanese boy was killed while en route to school in China's southern city of Shenzhen. Chinese courts sentenced both perpetrators to death in January, and they were executed in April. Authorities have consistently avoided mentioning Japan or explaining any motive when discussing either incident.
Japan Times
13-05-2025
- Japan Times
Japanese man gets 12-year prison sentence in China over spying
A Chinese district court Tuesday sentenced a Japanese man in his 50s to 12 years in prison for espionage, the Japanese Consulate-General in Shanghai said. The man was taken into custody in Shanghai by Chinese authorities in December 2021, formally arrested in June 2022 and indicted in August 2023. Masaru Okada, Japanese consul-general in Shanghai, was allowed to observe the court hearing. The consulate-general has not disclosed details of the ruling.
NHK
13-05-2025
- Politics
- NHK
China court sentences Japanese man 12 years in prison for espionage
Japan's consulate general in Shanghai says a Chinese court sentenced a Japanese man to 12 years in prison for espionage on Tuesday. The man in his 50s was taken into custody in Shanghai in December 2021. Following arrest and indictment, his trial began in October 2023. The Japanese Consulate-General in Shanghai says its officials were allowed to observe Tuesday's trial, but that it cannot disclose the details, citing privacy protections. Japanese officials were not permitted to be present at the first hearing of the man's trial. On the same day the ruling was handed down, the Japanese Embassy in Beijing reiterated its demands to the Chinese Foreign Ministry that Japanese nationals detained in China be released early. Embassy officials also called on the ministry to ensure the transparency of the judicial process and treat those detained humanely. A number of Japanese nationals have been taken into custody in China for alleged spying and other allegations since the country introduced an anti-espionage law in 2014. At least 17 Japanese have been detained. The man is the 11th Japanese to face a prison sentence under the law.
