Two Mori Building employees wounded in knife attack at Shanghai restaurant

Two Japanese nationals and a Chinese citizen were attacked with a knife at around noon on Tuesday at a Japanese restaurant in a building developed by Mori Building in Shanghai. A 59-year-old suspect was detained by police.

Mori Building president Shingo Tsuji expressed sympathy for those affected at a news conference on Wednesday. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said the investigation was ongoing and described it as an individual security case, without clarifying whether Japanese nationals were specifically targeted.

The attack has fueled concerns among Japanese residents in China amid rising anti-Japanese sentiment and deteriorated Japan-China relations. In June 2024, a Japanese mother and child were attacked with a knife in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, and in September 2024, a Japanese boy was stabbed to death on his way to school in Shenzhen; China executed the attackers in both cases.