Zeenews Bureau
Beijing: A car carrying Japan’s ambassador to China was on Monday attacked by a man here, the Japanese embassy said.
Amidst high tensions between China and Japan over disputed islands, a man ripped off the Japanese flag from the official vehicle in which Ambassador Uichiro Niwa was returning to the embassy.
Nothing else was damaged in the incident that hints at rising anti-Japanese sentiment in China.
The embassy said it issued a strong protest to the China's Foreign Ministry, which expressed deep regret over the incident and said authorities would spare no effort to prevent a recurrence.
First Published: Monday, August 27, 2012, 20:37