Some Japanese firms in China offer to send staff home after stabbing, employees say - Fast
BEIJING: Some Japanese companies in China have offered to send their staff and their families back home after a 10-year-old Japanese boy was fatally stabbed in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, a Japanese executive and employees of Japanese firms in Beijing said on Friday (Sep 20
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Wednesday's stabbing was the second such attack near Japanese schools in China in recent months, and took place on the anniversary of an incident in 1931 that triggered war between China and Japan.
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The Japanese embassy met with the Japanese chamber of commerce and the Beijing Japanese School on Thursday night to discuss the safety of the Japanese community in China, the embassy said in a statement.
Japan's ambassador to Beijing Kenji Kanasugi also spoke to China's vice foreign minister Sun Weidong and asked Beijing to step up security measures, the statement added.
The embassy did not mention anything about relocation, but the Beijing-based Japanese executive, who requested anonymity given the sensitivity of the matter, said some companies were offering the option to their employees.
Employees at four Japanese firms also said some big firms in China have given Japanese employees and their families the option to be relocated home at the company's expense, or are considering doing so.
