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"the Japanese government has allocated 43 million yen as an emergency measure to enhance security at 12 Japanese schools in China..."

If these are foreign private schools for rich and corporate-subsidized families, then tax payers back in Japan should not have to fund them. The schools and the parents' employers should be doing that.

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This data is provided by the Japanese authorities for Japanese living abroad for their reference.

 https://www.anzen.mofa.go.jp/anzen_info/pdf/2022.pdf

I am not sure if we can conclude based on this which country is Anti-Japan, but it lists objectively the number of cases where the local Japanese sought the assistance of the local Japanese Embassy.

Looking at the number of cases of assistance by diplomatic mission, the Embassy of Japan in the UK has the most among all diplomatic missions overseas, followed by the Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Korea, the Embassy of Japan in Singapore, the Consulate-General of Japan in Dusseldorf, and the Consulate-General of Japan in Honolulu.

The top 20 embassies and consulates abroad with the largest number of cases assisted

No.1: the United Kingdom.

No.2: South Korea.

No.3: Singapore.

China did not make the ranking of these 20 countries. (Japanese citizens are the least safe in Europe. Japanese embassies and consulates abroad received 700 cases of Japanese citizens being "victims of crime", with a total of 763 "victims of crime")

That is to say, in China, the number and number of "accidents and disasters" and "crime victims" involving Japanese nationals have not yet entered the top 20.

Japanese are safe in China or at least safer compared to other countries.

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Hate crimes are evil, wherever they occur.

The worst hate crimes are those fueled by governments.

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They’re milking this aren’t they. Obviously a heinous crime but the boy was living in China with his Chinese mother & Japan doesn’t recognise dual nationality.

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There have been more hate crimes against Asians in the West.

So that negates the seriousness of hate crimes against Japanese in China? Any hate crimes against Asians in the West should be dealt with there.

China must deal properly with these disgraceful crimes.

Japanese are safe in China or at least safer compared to other countries.

It is NOT safe for Japanese in China.

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Mainland China with all its vitriolic rhetoric against Japan is highly responsible for this killing. They need to chill with their hate.

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Chinese social media posts claim that the schools train spies.

False accusations of espionage on one country, of foreigners eating pets in another, all part of the same strategy of making foreigners an easy scapegoat to profit from instigating xenophobia.

Obviously a heinous crime but the boy was living in China with his Chinese mother & Japan doesn’t recognise dual nationality.

On adults, obviously an elementary school child do not have to choose one nationality yet and can enjoy both.

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@virusrex The grand Puba has spoken you mentioned profiting from instigating xenophobia. Who's profiting and what is the purpose and benefit behinds such allegations.

Chinese social media posts claim that the schools train spies.

False accusations of espionage on one country, of foreigners eating pets in another, all part of the same strategy of making foreigners an easy scapegoat to profit from instigating xenophobia.

Obviously a heinous crime but the boy was living in China with his Chinese mother & Japan doesn’t recognise dual nationality.

On adults, obviously an elementary school child do not have to choose one nationality yet and can enjoy both.

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