Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He was the 2014 recipient of the Vaughn-Ueda International Journalist prize.
A Chinese mother and her son offer flowers following the stabbing death of a 10-year-old boy who was on his way to school in Shenzhen on Sept. 19. Chinese authorities can take a simple step to ease anti-Japan sentiment and cut down on tragic attacks. © Kyodo
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