Published: September 11th, 2023,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Resentment against everything Japanese: Reservations against the unpopular neighbor are flaring up again in China. This time, the new wave of anti-Japanese sentiment is triggered by the release of treated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the East China Sea. This was followed by attacks with rocks and eggs against Japanese schools and the Japanese embassy in Beijing. In the meantime, the Japanese embassy warns its citizens in China „not speaking Japanese loudly unnecessarily.“