China Issues Travel Warning for Japan After Tourists Harrassed in Fukuoka
China issued a travel advisory for Japan after a tour group was harrassed as relations between the two countries sunk to the lowest in five years.
Citizens planning trips to Japan should watch for their safety, the National Tourism Administration said in a statement posted on its website late yesterday.
A bus carrying Chinese tourists in western Japan was blocked on Sept. 29 by Japanese right-wing demonstrators protesting China’s attitude toward a shipping collision in disputed waters this month, the Asahi newspaper reported yesterday.
Ten members from the right-wing group surrounded the bus in Fukuoka City, kicking the vehicle and yelling “The Senkaku islands belong to Japan,” the newspaper said. Police arrived at the scene and the bus left safely without anyone getting hurt, the Asahi said.
The islets, known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, are located in the East China Sea. Japan last week released a Chinese fishing boat captain it had detained for 17 days after his ship collided with two Coast Guard vessels.
The diplomatic row is the most serious since 2005, when thousands of Chinese protested Japanese textbooks that downplayed the nation’s wartime atrocities.
To contact the reporter on this story: Yanping Li in Beijing at yli16@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Bill Austin at billaustin@bloomberg.net
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