Japanese ambassador's car targeted in Beijing: official

A car carrying the Japanese ambassador to China was targeted in Beijing on Monday by a man who ripped off the vehicle's Japanese flag, a foreign ministry official said.

The ambassador, Uichiro Niwa, was not hurt in the attack, the official said.

His car was forced to stop by two vehicles. A man stepped out of one and ripped off the Japanese flag, the official said.

The Japanese embassy filed a protest with the Chinese foreign ministry and demanded such an incident is never repeated, the official said.

The attack comes amid widespread anti-Japan demonstrations in China over a disputed East China Sea island chain known in China as Diaoyu and in Japan as Senkaku.

Tensions between Japan and China flared earlier this month after five pro-Beijing activists who landed on the uninhabited Japanese-controlled islands were arrested by Japanese police and later deported, along with nine others who accompanied them.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/japanese-ambassadors-car-targeted-beijing-official-135214795.html

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