Japan's state minister for foreign affairs, Yoshifumi Tsuge, urged China on Monday to ensure the safety of Japanese nationals following the fatal stabbing of a 10-year-old student at the Japanese school in Shenzhen, China, last week.
Meeting with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong in Beijing, Tsuge also called on the Chinese side to take actions against anti-Japanese social media posts. Sun reiterated feelings of regret and profound grief over the incident.
Tsuge's meeting came as Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa was set to meet her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in New York on Monday afternoon local time, for talks on the stabbing as well as the issue of treated water released from the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
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