On November 1, the Nagoya TV Tower in Japan lit up with the words "Never Forget Wangwang" and "Oppose Animal Abuse" to commemorate Wangwang, a stray mother dog, and her three puppies who were brutally abused and killed in Jieyang, Guangdong, in June of this year. The commemorative text will be displayed in rotation at intervals throughout November.
In the women's 70kg quarter-final match at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese athlete Tang Jing was disqualified and eliminated after biting the arm of Japanese athlete Rin Maeda for over 20 seconds.
On October 1, in the women's judo 70 kg quarterfinals at the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games, Chinese athlete Tang Jing bit the arm of Japanese athlete Rin Maeda during ground grappling. After the referees confirmed it on video replay, she was ruled to have lost by foul and was disqualified.
On September 18, in the semi-finals of the men's basketball tournament at the Nagoya Asian Games, the Chinese men's basketball team lost 77 to 97 to the Japanese team, setting a record for the largest margin of defeat against Japan. Because the match coincided with the September 18 incident anniversary, Chinese media heavily hyped nationalist sentiment before the game. The crushing defeat and videos of Chinese fans crying at the scene were widely circulated afterward, triggering strong discontent and emotional venting among domestic netizens.
On September 19, an LED advertising truck produced through crowdfunding by supporters in Nagoya, Japan, cruised through the downtown area and held a candlelight memorial at Hisaya Odori Garden, calling for justice for abused animals.