China demands more than just regret from Japan after embassy break-in

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?Japan has expressed its regret over the break-in at the Chinese embassy in Tokyo by a knife-wielding Japanese military officer, but that is “far from enough,” the ?Chinese foreign ministry said on ?Friday. The Japanese ?side has not discussed the ?details of the incident, Lin Jian, spokesperson at the foreign ministry, told a regular news conference. Minoru ?Kihara, Japan’s most senior government spokesperson, described the incident ?on Tuesday as regrettable and said the government would take measures to ?prevent any recurrence. The incident threatens to exacerbate Sino-Japanese ties. Relations ?have already deteriorated ?since November when the Japanese prime ?minister said…