BEIJING: China's top diplomat Wang Yi told his Japanese counterpart that he hoped Tokyo would handle the fatal stabbing of a schoolboy in Shenzhen "calmly and rationally", China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday (Sept 24).

A 10-year-old Japanese boy was fatally stabbed on his way to school in Shenzhen, China, on Wednesday, coinciding with the anniversary of Japan’s 1931 invasion of Manchuria. This is the second such attack in recent months,

BEIJING: A letter supposedly written by the Japanese father of a boy fatally stabbed in China said the actions of a few “vile individuals with twisted minds” should not harm bilateral ties, even as Japan called for more details about the case.

TOKYO – Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa will meet her Chinese counterpart, Mr Wang Yi, in New York on Sept 23, the foreign ministry said. Ms Kamikawa will request that security be enforced following the stabbing of a Japanese schoolboy in China, public broadcaster NHK reported.

A 10-year-old boy attending a Japanese school in southern China has died after being stabbed on his way to class on Wednesday, according to Tokyo’s foreign minister, in the second knife attack near a Japanese school in the country in recent months.

Japanese foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa said on Monday she will meet her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi during a visit to New York to discuss the fatal stabbing of a schoolboy. Japan's vice foreign minister meanwhile was sent to Beijing to discuss the stabbing with Chinese officials on Monday.