Japanese ‘military officer’ forces way into Chinese embassy in Tokyo

A Japanese person who claimed to be an active officer of Japan’s Self-Defence Forces illegally and forcibly entered the Tokyo" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="62110" data-entity-type="location">Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, Beijing said.“China is deeply shocked by this incident and has lodged a strong protest with Japan,” Beijing’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday.The person admitted to the illegality of their actions and threatened to kill Chinese diplomatic personnel in the name of god, Lin Jian, spokesman for the foreign ministry, told a regular media briefing hours after the incident.The ministry did not identify the person or their gender.Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported that the intruder was a man and believed to be affiliated to the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force.A knife was found at the scene, but no embassy staff were injured, the report said. The Tokyo-metropolitan-police-department" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="21503" data-entity-type="organization">Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department was investigating the incident, it added.