Japan’s prime minister has demanded an explanation from Beijing over the fatal stabbing of a schoolboy in the second knife attack on Japanese children in China in months.

REUTERS/David Kirton A general view of Shenzhen Japanese School, following the death of a 10-year-old child after being stabbed by an assailant on the way to the school, in Shenzhen, Guangdong ...

After a 10-year-old Japanese boy was stabbed to death by a man in China, tensions between the two countries are rising.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa has asked her Chinese counterpart to ensure the safety of Japanese citizens there after a 10-year-old schoolboy was fatally stabbed.

Hong Kong/Tokyo (CNN) — Tokyo has demanded Beijing ensure the safety of Japanese people in China following the fatal stabbing of a 10-year-old schoolboy in the second knife attack near a ...

As anti-Japanese sentiment spreads in China, the second hate-crime in two months is raising questions about the country’s nationalistic education and how it is spreading xenophobia.

One by one, they laid flowers at the gate of a Japanese school in Shenzhen, which was strikingly quiet even as nearby streets filled with children heading home from class.