Japan, China

China sentences man behind knife attack on Japanese mother and child to death
A Chinese man who carried out a knife attack in eastern China last June that wounded a Japanese woman and her child and killed a bus attendant trying to protect them has been sentenced to death, according to a Japanese official.
Chinese man sentenced to death for stabbing attack near Japanese school in Shanghai
The case was one of two knife attacks targeting Japanese nationals in China last year. In September, a 10-year-old Japanese student was fatally stabbed near his school in Shenzhen. The trial of the alleged perpetrator in that case only just began.
China hands death sentence to man who killed Japanese boy
A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy, in a case that sparked concern among Japanese expats living in China. The sentence for the knife attack in the southern city of Shenzhen in September was handed down on Friday,
Chinese court sentences man to death over knife attack at a Japanese school bus stop
A Chinese man who injured a Japanese mother and her child and killed a Chinese bus attendant trying to protect them in a knife attack near Shanghai last June has been sentenced to death.
Alleged Killer of Japanese Schoolboy Goes on Trial in China, Say Japan's Foreign Ministry
The trial of the alleged killer of a boy enrolled in a Japanese school in Shenzhen, China began in the city on Friday, Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. "We are aware that the first hearing of the case regarding the murder of Japanese school children in Shenzhen,
China sentences man to death over attack on Japanese school bus
A Chinese man who attacked a Japanese mother and child with a knife and killed a Chinese woman who tried to protect them has been sentenced to death, according to the Japanese government. A Chinese court said that Zhou Jiasheng,
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