Safety personnel stroll at a subway station platform in Suzhou, japanese China, the place a Japanese lady residing in China was reported to be attacked and injured on Thursday by a person, on Aug. 1, 2025.
A Japanese lady residing in China was attacked and injured by a person in a Suzhou subway station, Japanese media retailers mentioned, hours after two Chinese language males have been significantly injured in violence in Tokyo.
The assaults on Thursday raised concern about xenophobic sentiment in each China and Japan which were blamed for assaults in each nations. It was the third assault involving Japanese residing in China since final yr. Within the two earlier instances in China, Chinese language authorities have insisted they have been remoted incidents.
The Japanese broadcaster NHK didn’t establish the lady injured in Suzhou by title however, citing the Japanese Consulate Basic in Shanghai, mentioned she was along with her youngster inside a subway station when the assault passed off. The kid was not injured, and the mom had returned house after reportedly getting handled at a hospital, NHK reported.
A cellphone name to the Suzhou Police went unanswered on Friday night, and the native police have been but to launch any official assertion. However the Japanese information company Kyodo mentioned the suspect had been detained.
In Tokyo earlier on Thursday, two Chinese language males have been significantly injured in assaults, and 4 male assailants wielding unspecified weapons remained at massive, in response to a press release launched by the Chinese language Embassy in Japan. The identities of the assailants have been unclear.
The Chinese language Embassy urged the Japanese authorities to take motion to catch the assailants within the Tokyo assault and to make sure the protection and authorized rights of Chinese language residents in Japan “in response to the current surge in xenophobic sentiment in Japanese society.”
In southern China final September, a 10-year-old Japanese scholar died after being stabbed by a Chinese language man not removed from the gate of the Shenzhen Japanese College within the southern Chinese language metropolis of Shenzhen. The person was sentenced to dying.
In June 2024, a Japanese lady and her youngster have been injured in an assault by a Chinese language man, additionally in Suzhou. A Chinese language bus attendant who tried to guard them from the assault was killed. The person was sentenced to dying.
On Friday, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Business in China referred to as for Chinese language authorities to make sure Japanese residents’ security and safety in China.
“This can be very regrettable that such an incident has occurred once more. Guaranteeing the protection of workers and their households is prime for doing enterprise in China,” the assertion mentioned.
Revealed – August 03, 2025 06:10 am IST
