Japan Foreign Ministry Blasts (Their) Consulate Staff in China for Being Too Soft Thursday, May 9, 2002 at 18:30 JST TOKYO — Japanese government spokesman Kosei Ueno criticized staff at the consulate general in Shenyang on Thursday for allowing Chinese police to act inside the consulate Wednesday without Tokyo's consent. "Foreign Ministry officials at the consulate could have taken different action if they had properly felt Japan's sovereignty was being infringed on," Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Ueno told a news conference. The Chinese officers rushed to the premises, seized two men believed to be North Korean asylum-seekers Wednesday at the...