Viral video of child being shoved at iconic Tokyo crossing stokes outrage and debate

Viral video of child being shoved at iconic Tokyo crossing stokes outrage and debate

A video of a young girl being shoved while posing for a photo at Tokyo’s iconic Shibuya Crossing has amassed over 9 million views in one day and ignited an online row over safety, manners and tourist behaviour. The clip was posted on Wednesday by a Taiwanese social media user who goes by peipeilin527 and said the incident happened on her family’s last night in Japan. “I was thinking of taking photos at the famous Shibuya Crossing on my last night there, but some mean-spirited person pushed my...

By SCMP’s Asia desk