Intruder into the Chinese Embassy in Japan referred to prosecutors on suspicion of ‘illegal entry’; Japanese authorities’ characterization likely downplays severity: Chinese expert
By: Global Times | Published: Mar 26, 2026 03:26 PM
Kodai Murata, a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force member, who was arrested earlier for forcibly breaking into the Chinese Embassy in Japan, was referred to prosecutors on suspicion of illegal entry on Thursday, according to Kyodo News. A Chinese expert said that characterizing the intrusion into an embassy protected by international law merely as "suspicion of illegal entry" makes Japan look like it's deliberately downplaying the nature of the incident to mitigate condemnation, which demonstrates that Japan fails to recognize the ...