Japanese media have revealed more details in recent days about the case of an 11-year-old boy in Kyoto Prefecture who was allegedly murdered by his stepfather, after false claims that the suspect was a Chinese national spread rapidly across Japanese social media and were later amplified by a Taiwan media report before being publicly denied by Japanese police.
A Chinese expert said that some Japanese social media users had groundlessly labeled the suspect as Chinese, reflecting a troubling tendency in Japanese society to direct hostility toward foreigners, especially amid an anti-China sentiment, while also exposing the pro-Japan pandering of certain media outlets in Taiwan island.
Kyodo News reported on Monday that 11-year-old Yuki Adachi, whose body was found abandoned in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, had told his classmates that he"hated his father," according to school-related sources. His 37-year-old father has been arrested on suspicion of abandoning the body. Kyoto Prefectural Police said they had received no prior consultations or reports indicating possible abuse and are now investigating background factors, including the family relationship, according to Kyodo News.
When the case was first reported by some Japanese media in late March, it had drawn nationwide attention, with some social media platforms in Japan seeing a surge of unfounded claims about the suspect's identity, including allegations that he was a foreign national.
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