International relationsJapanese school in Shenzhen remains on alert a year after stabbing
Students stop using distinctive Japanese backpacks for fear of attacks
Fences marked "traffic control" block off the Japanese school in Shenzhen on Sept. 18, the anniversary of the fatal stabbing of a student. (Photo by Shizuka Tanabe)
ITSURO FUJINO and SHIZUKA TANABE
September 19, 2025 04:10 JST
GUANGZHOU/SHENZHEN -- Thursday marked a year since the fatal stabbing by a Chinese man of a 10-year-old boy attending a Japanese school in Shenzhen, an incident that has brought tighter security at such schools and a move away from the distinctive randoseru backpacks that Japanese students carry.