中国ちゅうごく日本人にっぽんじん学校がっこうの児童じどう死亡しぼうから1年いちねん安全あんぜんへの不安ふあん拭ぬぐえず

Last year in September, in Shenzhen, southern China, it will be one year on the 18th since the incident in which a Japanese boy attending a Japanese school was attacked with a knife and killed.

In China, incidents in which Japanese people become victims have been occurring one after another, and among Japanese residents there, concerns about safety remain unresolved.

In Shenzhen, Guangdong Province ※The Sen in Shenzhen is written with the tsuchi-hen radical and kawa, a 10-year-old Japanese boy attending a Japanese school was fatally stabbed with a knife while walking to school with his guardian last September.

The local court sentenced a man in his 40s, who was apprehended at the scene and charged with murder, to death this January, and the sentence has already been carried out.

In addition to this, there have been a series of incidents in China where Japanese people have been victimized. In June last year, in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, a Japanese school bus was attacked by a man with a knife. A Japanese parent and child were injured, and a Chinese woman who was the bus attendant was killed.

Also, in Suzhou this July, there was an incident where a Japanese mother with her child was injured after being struck with a stone-like object.

In none of the incidents has the reason why Japanese people were attacked been made clear, and among Japanese residents living in the area, concerns about safety remain unresolved.

The Japanese government is strongly urging the Chinese government to prevent a recurrence and ensure safety.

On the 18th, the Japanese school in Shenzhen, which the boy who was killed in the incident attended, is closed for the entire day as a safety measure.

In addition, at the Japanese school, in cooperation with the Consulate-General of Japan in Guangzhou, the school bus routes have been reviewed to ensure safety during commuting times, and training is also being conducted to confirm how to respond to suspicious individuals.

After the incident, more security cameras were installed around the school, and emergency reporting devices that connect directly to the police were also set up.

Additionally, security has been strengthened, such as by newly establishing a guard post where police personnel are stationed at all times.

It is believed that the authorities are hoping to avoid turning the incident into a political issue and to calm things down as quickly as possible.

On the other hand, among Chinese people who have continued to interact with Japan, there are also those who believe that the incident must not be forgotten.

Mr. Wang Yonghua 56, who lives in Guangzhou and studied in Japan when he was young, said, We cant just say its in the past, so lets forget about it.

We should all continue to seriously think about why the incident happened.

We must make efforts to ensure that such tragedies are never repeated, he said.