A Japanese individual claiming to be a Japan's Self-Defence Forces officer entered the Chinese embassy in Tokyo, prompting a strong protest from Beijing.

A Japanese person who claimed to be an active officer of Japan’s Self-Defence Forces illegally and forcibly entered the 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 a so-called “deity”, Lin Jian, spokesman for the foreign ministry, told a...