The Chinese Embassy in Japan held a press conference on Thursday, during which Chargé d'Affaires Shi Yong briefed on recent incidents. He stated that the embassy had received two terrorist threats in March, including a threatening letter received on March 5th in the name of an 'elite unit' composed of former Japanese police and former SDF officers; and another terrorist threat made online on March 31st by a person claiming to be related to the Self-Defense Forces, threatening to carry out an explosion at the embassy.
Shi Yong pointed out at the conference that after receiving the threatening letter on March 5th, the embassy reported the matter to the police, but Japanese police did not pay attention or take effective measures. He emphasized that the embassy had engaged in negotiations with Japan regarding the series of terrorist threats nearly 30 times, yet investigation into the relevant cases has made no progress.
According to a report by Kyodo News, partial contents of the threatening letter were disclosed, which included statements such as 'will attack the embassy' and 'kill all Shina people'. The term 'Shina people' was originally used by ancient India to refer to Chinese people and was later adopted by Japan, but during the Sino-Japanese War, it took on a derogatory connotation towards Chinese communities in Japanese usage. It is now considered a discriminatory term in China.
Shi Yong stated that just 19 days after the incident (i.e. on March 24th), an active SDF officer, Murata Akihiro, committed a serious incident by scaling the wall and breaking into the embassy armed with a knife. The Chinese side urgently lodged a serious protest with Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and police. He stressed again the urge for the Japanese side to give a responsible explanation and take effective measures to prevent such incidents from happening again.
He further responded to questions from the media, saying that the Japanese side has expressed regret to the Chinese side over the intrusion incident, but this is not enough. He again urged Japan to thoroughly investigate and give China a responsible explanation.
Murata Akihiro, a third-lieutenant stationed at the Ebino base (Miyazaki Prefecture) with Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force, intruded into the courtyard of the Chinese Embassy in Japan with a knife on March 24th, threatening to kill Chinese diplomatic personnel. Fortunately, there were no casualties. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department had earlier arrested him on suspicion of trespassing in a building, and later arrested him again on suspicion of violating the "Swords and Firearms Control Law."