GUANGZHOU, China, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Escalating protests in China over Japan's claim to the Senkaku Islands has prompted Japanese firms to warn their employees in China to remain cautious.
Toyota Motor Corp. urged its 14 Japanese workers in Guangzhou to take precautions. Nissan Motor Co. said its 40 Japanese employees in Zhengzhou, China, were safe, Yomiuri Shimbun reported Monday.
The Sydney Morning Herald said thousands of Chinese protesters have demonstrated in various cities and that Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan "strongly requested that Japanese companies (in China) be protected".
Some Chinese tourist companies have stopped marketing trips to Japan, Yomiuri Shimbun said.
In China, protesters have called for a boycott of Japanese goods to protest Japanese detention of a Chinese fishing boat captain and crew.
The captain was charged with intentionally running his boat into a Japanese coast guard vessel near the Senkaku Islands, which Japan controls but China claims.
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