(ATR)Japanese athletes competing in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games have been warned to maintain a "low profile" in Nanjing due to safety concerns.
Athletes will be directed not to wear their uniforms outside of Games venues.
"When they are outside we want them to be aware that it might not be totally safe," Japan's chef de mission Yosuke Fujiwara told Japan's Kyodo News agency on Monday.
Relations between China and Japan have become increasingly tense in recent years. Media reports say Japanese teams are frequently booed when they compete in China.
The 2004 footballAsian Cup final between China and Japan in Beijing ended in a "full-scale riot" the AFP says.
Athletes will also be encouraged to wear face masks to protect themselves from China's notoriously bad air pollution.
Japan's delegation arrives in Nanjing on Wednesday.
More than 3,500 athletes, ages 15 to 18, will compete in the YOG.
Around the Ringsassociate editor Nick Devlin will be in Nanjing to cover the YOG which concludes on August 28.
Written byNicole Bennett
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