Anxieties may accelerate shift away from China after attacks on Japanese residents September 28, 2024 (Mainichi Japan) Japanese version A Chinese woman offers flowers in front of Shenzhen Japanese School's gate in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Sept. 19, 2024. (Mainichi/Hideto Okazaki) BEIJING (Mainichi) -- Uneasiness among Japanese residents in China may accelerate a shift away from the country following a series of incidents involving Japanese nationals, such as the recent fatal attack on a schoolboy in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. A 10-year-old student at Shenzhen Japanese School was stabbed by a 44-year-old Chinese man while he was on his way to school on Sept. 18 and died the following day. As Chinese authorities have not announced any motive or background to this incident, concerns among the Japanese community in China have yet to be alleviated. Measures taken by the Japanese government still leave much to be done to ensure safety and security. A woman in her 30s who has a son attending a Japanese school in Beijing told the Mainichi Shimbun ブランドコピー 安全なサイト  "I try not to go out as much as possible. It's frightening because we don't even know if the attack was aimed at Japanese people or not." She explained that when she absolutely must go out ブランド靴コピー  she checks her surroundings for suspicious people and refrains from speaking in Japanese. An expatriate in his 40s who sends his eldest daughter to a kindergarten in Beijing revealed, "When I take her to and from the kindergarten, I'm careful about how she dresses so that she's not recognized as a Japanese child." He expressed a sense of crisis, saying, "There was an incident in Suzhou (in Jiangsu province) in June, and now another one in Shenzhen. If things continue as they are, there will be third and fourth incidents." The top priority for parents is to ensure the safety of their children when they go to and come home from Japanese schools. In response to the knife attack on a Japanese mother, her son and a Chinese woman in Suzhou in June this year スーパーコピーブランド  the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs allocated 350 million yen (about $2.46 million) in its fiscal 2025 budget request for the placement of security guards on school buses at Japanese schools in China. After the latest Shenzhen incident, the ministry hastened to contribute some 43 million yen (approx. $302,000) from the current fiscal year's budget in a bid to strengthen security when students board school buses and around schools. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoshifumi Tsuge, second from left in the far back, and officials from the Japanese Chamber Commerce and Industry in China and the Japanese School of Beijing exchange opinions in an emergency meeting at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 23, 2024. (Mainichi/Hideto Okazaki) There are about 3,700 students enrolled in 12 Japanese schools in China, and in certain areas ブランド時計コピー  there is a shortage of school buses. Some students walk to school, as was the case in the latest attack, so measures to ensure the safety of all students are inadequate. At an emergency meeting at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 23 joined by those including State Minister for Foreign Affairs Yoshifumi Tsuge, officials from the Japanese Chamber Commerce and Industry in China, and the Japanese School of Beijing, attendees made requests including "eliminating walking to school." Some Japanese companies in China have begun to allow their employees to temporarily return to Japan on the grounds that "the safety and security of expatriates at Japanese firms and their families is fundamental to maintaining business in China," said Tetsuro Homma, Chairman of Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China. As incidents such as a male Japanese employee of Astellas Pharma Inc. having been detained and indicted by Chinese authorities for alleged espionage have occurred スーパーコピーブランド時計  along with the deterioration of U.S.-China relations, an increasing number of companies are under pressure from within and without to review their business operations in China. The recent knife attack may accelerate the economic shift away from China. There are also concerns about worsening public sentiment in both countries. In response to the Shenzhen incident, the Japanese foreign ministry on Sept. 19 called on Japanese residents and travelers in China to be cautious. Meanwhile, the Chinese Embassy in Japan also issued a warning on Sept. 24 to its own citizens who will visit Japan ahead of China's National Day holiday period starting on Oct. 1, urging them to "exercise caution in light of the current situation." (Japanese original by Hideto Okazaki and Yoshinori Ogura, China General Bureau) Font Size SML Print Go to The Mainichi Home Page Related Articles Editorial: Chinese gov't bears grave responsibility over fatal attack on Japanese boy China has spy in Japan intelligence agency, ex-detainee suggests in book