Japan has asked China to bolster security to ensure the safety of its nationals in the country on the upcoming 87th anniversary of the 1937 massacre in Nanjing, Japanese government sources said Wednesday.
The request to Beijing, made by Japanese diplomatic establishments in China in the run-up to ceremonies to mark the anniversary on Friday, follows stabbing incidents in Suzhou and Shenzhen earlier this year, the sources said.
In June, a Japanese mother and her child were injured in Suzhou. A Japanese schoolboy was also killed in Shenzhen in September. Under such circumstances, Japanese schools in China have decided to close or hold classes online on Friday.
The scale of the killings by Japanese troops of civilians and soldiers during and in the weeks after the capture of Nanjing -- then the capital of Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Chinese government -- has been widely debated.
China claims the Japanese army slaughtered over 300,000 people in the Jiangsu Province city, formerly called Nanking. In contrast, estimates by Japanese historians place the death toll of Chinese civilians and soldiers between the tens of thousands and 200,000.
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Fighto!
The best way to bolster security? Japanese nationals should get out of China - a nation that tells its citizens to continue hating them.
China is not safe for Japanese. People are playing with fire by being there.
WA4TKG
To them that’s like inviting them to throw gasoline on the fire
Meiyouwenti
As once powerful Chinese economy losing its steam, Japan hating is one of the few pastimes left to ordinary Chinese citizens. Time for Japanese expats to come home before it’s too late.
Ken
China wants to cover up how many of their own people they killed but when it comes to their history they seem to be reminding their citizens of the other countries that killed them and do nothing to protect them in present day. It is cruel and I feel sorry for those murdered because of how little has been done to protect the Japanese living in China
Pukey2
Niyouwenti:
Yeah, like 5% growth means losing steam, while near zero % growth for Europe means Europe is blossoming.
jerryboy
I don't understand why some Japanese people staying in that place where they knew hate sentiments against Japanese are rampant, are they stupid or just insensitive.
deanzaZZR
@jerryboy I don't know. Maybe you should ask the 100,000 Japanese currently residing in China.
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h01885/
daikaka
People need to take some personal responsibility as well as it is their choice to stay in an highly hostile environment with great risks to their lives. I understand some may not have a choice due to company requests, but moving their family over and putting them at risk as well is not understandable at all. Japan and China is close enough where there can be regular visits by plane.
quercetum
It wasn’t 300,000 but just 200,000. Oh okay, so not that bad. How many died by the two bombs, maybe higher?
quercetum
They can’t Japanese companies have to be in China. Imagine this economy without China
grc
People - I think the article is about the Nanjing massacre, about which people aren’t making any comments
quercetum
From what I know in dealing with Japanese expats in China, some companies allows dispatched expats temporary leave to return to Japan and will pay for their trip. Others give advice and counseling services.
I saw one manufacturer’s pamphlet with manga drawings like the ones you get from the kuyakusho on how to throw away garbage on newspaper print.
It’s China’s responsibility since it is the host country. Companies can do more as well.