Unlocking the Dragon’s Den: Japan’s Ambassador Reveals Why China Remains a Top Priority for Business
On September 24, Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi visited Dalian City, Liaoning Province and held talks with Xiong Maoping, Secretary of the Dalian Municipal Party Committee. Regarding the attack and death of a Japanese schoolboy in Shenzhen on September 18, Kenji Kanesugi said, “Business (of Japanese companies) with China is at a major fork in the road.”
Kanasugi Kenji also expressed his awareness of the problem: “We can only think that the Shenzhen case has cast a shadow on Japan-China relations,” and he explained this to the media after the meeting.
Background Material
Japanese Schools in China
Japanese schools are schools established in accordance with relevant domestic laws and regulations in China to provide education to the children of Japanese nationals in China.
For more information on relevant regulations, please visit:
- The official website of the Ministry of Education of China
- Dalian Education Bureau official website
Reported by Hirohei Fujimura from Dalian for Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Chinese version: Nikkei Chinese Network)