日本駐華大使座駕在北京遭襲
The Japanese Embassy in Beijing said a car carrying the ambassador was attacked by a man who ripped off the Japanese flag from the vehicle. The attack comes amid rising diplomatic tensions and anti-Japanese sentiment over disputed islands.
日本駐中國大使館說，日本駐華大使乘坐的車輛遭襲，一名男子拔去了車輛上插着的日本國旗。此事發生在中日兩國因爭議島嶼問題外交緊張關係不斷升溫和中國反日情緒日益高漲之際。The embassy said Ambassador Uichiro Niwa was returning to the embassy on Monday when his official car was stopped by two other vehicles. It said a man jumped out of one of the vehicles and pulled the flag off the front of Mr. Niwa's car, damaging the flagpole.
日本駐中國大使館說，駐華大使丹羽宇一郎(Uichiro Niwa)週一在返回大使館的途中，他的座駕被另外兩輛車攔截迫停。日本大使館說，一名男子從車上下來，拔走了插在丹羽宇一郎車前方的日本國旗，損壞了旗杆。It said nothing else was damaged.
日本駐中國大使館說，除此之外沒有其它破壞。
The embassy said it issued a strong protest to China's Foreign Ministry, which expressed deep regret over the incident and said authorities would spare no effort to prevent a recurrence.
日本駐中國大使館說，已向中國外交部提出強烈抗議。中國外交部對此深表遺憾，說當局會不遺餘力防止類似事件再度發生。China's Foreign Ministry said in response to a request for comment that China is conducting a 'serious investigation'' into the incident and that the Chinese government has consistently fulfilled its international obligation to protect the safety of foreign embassies and personnel.
中國外交部在回覆對此事置評的請求時說，中方正在對此進行認真調查，中國政府一貫認真履行其國際義務，保護外國駐華使館和人員的安全。It is unclear whether the attack was related to the dispute over the Japan-controlled islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in Chinese, which are also claimed by China and Taiwan.
目前尚不清楚這次襲擊事件是否與兩國就日本控制的尖閣列島（Senkaku，中國稱釣魚島）領土爭端有關。中國大陸和臺灣也聲稱對該島擁有主權。U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland on Monday said the U.S. hadn't been able to confirm the incident but expressed concern over media reports of it. 'If, in fact, these reports on the attack of the vehicle of the Japanese ambassador are accurate, these would be extremely concerning, particularly given his diplomatic status,' she told a daily briefing.
美國國務院發言人努蘭德(Victoria Nuland)週一說，美國還未能證實這一事件的真實性，但對有關媒體報道表示關切。她在每日例行的新聞發佈會上說，如果有關襲擊日本駐華大使車輛的報道屬實，那的確非常令人擔憂，特別是考慮到他的外交身份。Ms. Nuland said Washington has repeatedly urged the two countries to resolve the territorial row peacefully and added that the U.S. doesn't take a position on the sovereignty of the islands.
努蘭德說，華盛頓一再敦促中日兩國以和平方式解決領土爭端，還說美國在中日爭議島嶼的主權問題上沒有立場傾向。
