Seven asylum-seekers believed to be North Korean entered a Japanese school in Beijing on Friday morning, according to Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda.
The two men, four women and a small girl entered the school premises around 3:45 a.m. local time, carrying this note in English: "We are North Koreans. We want to go to South Korea. Help."
After the Chinese government was notified, the seven were transported by bus to the Japanese Embassy in Beijing around 6:25 a.m., Hosoda said.