Overview
- The Chinese embassy said it received a letter that threatened attacks on its missions and pledged to “wipe out all Chinese” in Japan.
- A Ground Self-Defense Force second lieutenant named Kodai Murata allegedly climbed the embassy wall with a knife and entered the compound.
- China lodged protests with Japan’s foreign ministry and police after the breach, and Japanese police then increased security around the site.
- The embassy later reported an online threat from a person claiming SDF reserve status that prompted a two-hour bomb search, with no device confirmed.
- Embassy officials accuse police of not taking early reports seriously, and the dispute unfolds as ties have been strained by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks and China’s countermeasures.