BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhua) — China is deeply shocked {that a} man claiming to be an active-duty officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) forcibly broke into the Chinese embassy in Tokyo by climbing over a wall within the morning, Chinese overseas ministry spokesperson Lin Jian mentioned at an everyday press briefing on Tuesday.
According to Lin, the person admitted that his act was unlawful and he additionally threatened to kill Chinese diplomatic personnel within the so-called “name of god.”
Lin mentioned that China has lodged robust demarches and protests with Japan, including that the incident is a severe violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and posed a grave menace to the protection and safety of Chinese diplomatic personnel and services. “The incident is egregious in both nature and impact.”
The incident as soon as once more highlighted the hazard of the rampant unfold of far-right influence and neo-militarism within the nation, the spokesperson mentioned.
It additionally reveals the toxicity of the Japanese authorities’s faulty insurance policies on important points regarding China-Japan relations corresponding to historical past and Taiwan, and Japan’s failure in sustaining self-discipline in SDF and in fulfilling its accountability to guard the Chinese diplomatic and consular premises and personnel, Lin added.
The Chinese aspect urges the Japanese aspect to instantly conduct an intensive investigation into the incident, severely punish these concerned, and supply a accountable clarification to China, Lin mentioned.
The Japanese aspect should guarantee the protection and safety of Chinese diplomatic and consular premises and personnel, replicate on and proper its faulty insurance policies on China, and eliminate the basis trigger for such incidents as soon as and for all, Lin mentioned.
The worldwide neighborhood wants to remain on excessive alert towards Japan’s accelerating rightward flip and lack of management contained in the quickly increasing SDF, the spokesperson added.