新闻来源：www.bloomberg.com
原文地址：Japanese Firms Caution Staff in China After Stabbing of Boy
新闻日期：2024-09-19
日本企业警告中国员工，在一名年轻日本男孩在中国被刺身亡后，
日本主要公司和银行已敦促在中国工作的员工提高安全警惕，并根据使馆指南提醒他们保持谨慎。
包括制造商、娱乐巨头、电子集团、化妆品和家居制品生产商等多家知名日本企业在内，都采取了相似的措施。Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. 的总裁福冈聪表示，公司呼吁中国当局采取具体措施，以确保类似事件不再发生。
日产汽车有限公司称，将与员工及其家属进行个别交谈，以解决他们关于安全或孩子就读学校安全的担忧。
日本外务大臣此前已确认，该10岁男童于周三在深圳上学途中被刺，成为最近几个月中国发生的几起袭击外国人的最新案例之一。这至少是涉及中国公民的第二起案件。这一事件可能会使两国之间的企业关系蒙上一层阴影，考虑到双方在历史遗留问题和领土争端等方面已存在的矛盾。
根据Teikoku Databank的数据，共有约13,000家日本公司在中国运营；而截至去年年底，约有10万名日本人居住在中国。
原文摘要：
Some of Japan’s biggest companies and banks urged the protection of employees in China, following the fatal stabbing on the mainland of a young Japanese boy. warned staff in China to be on alert in accordance with embassy guidelines, the automaker told Bloomberg. Manufacturer said it’s spreading awareness of the incident among workers in the country and advising they practice caution. Japan’s largest carmakers are “taking various countermeasures,” including the dissemination and sharing of information to employees and among firms, said Masanori Katayama, chair of the . Similar steps have been deployed by entertainment giant , electronics group , cosmetics and household product maker and , an . component maker. “We urge the Chinese government to take concrete countermeasures to ensure this does not happen again,” Akihiro Fukutome, president of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and chair of the , said Thursday.Nissan Motor Co. said it will conduct individual consultations with employees and their families to address any concerns they have about their safety, or the safety of the schools attended by their children.Japan’s Foreign Minister earlier confirmed the of the 10-year-old, who was stabbed on Wednesday in Shenzhen during his commute to school. It was the latest in a series of assaults on foreigners in China in recent months, and was at least the second to involve Japanese citizens in the country. The incident could sour corporate ties between the two nations, with the neighbors’ relations already strained on fronts ranging from historical resentments to an ongoing territorial dispute. Some 13,000 Japanese companies are located in China, according to Teikoku Databank. Around 100,000 Japanese nationals lived in the country as of last year, Japan’s foreign ministry said.
