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At the battle of Nanking in 1937, correspondent Asami from the Tokyo
Nichinichi Shimbun (now known as the Mainichi Shimbun) reported how
two lieutenants of the Japanese army had held a gkilling contesth
on the way to Nanking,
in the form of a race to see which could cut down 100 Chinese
soldiers with Japanese military swords first. This fictitious article
was designed to lift the moral of the Japanese army; however, the
Japanese newspaper published this story as though it were totally
accurate and true.
On the 18th December 1947, the Nanking War Crimes Tribunal of China
sentenced lieutenants Mukai and Noda to execution on the grounds of
this false story. The two were shot to death by a firing squad at
Yuhuatai, Nankingon the 28th January 1948.
@The family of the bereaved; namely the younger sister of lieutenant
Noda, Mrs. Masa Noda, the eldest daughter of lieutenant Mukai, Mrs.
Emiko Cooper, and the second daughter Mrs. Chieko Tadokoro, in fear
of the general media and press, have since led sad and bitter lives
for 50 or so years, labeled as the family of war criminals. However,
their patience eventually wore out and on the 28th April 2003, they
finally went to the Tokyo District Court having decided to take their
first and last piece of legal action, demanding the suspension of
publication of certain texts, for official apologies to be published
in newspapers and to claim compensation for damages.
@The accused are:
@(i)@@@Mainichi Shmnbun, who repeatedly reported untrue story and
who to this day have yet correct these fallacies or admitted they
were false,
@(ii)@ @Katsuichi Honda, the author of the books gA trip around
Chinah, hThe Road to Nankingh andh Thirteen Lies by the Deniers
of the Nanking Massacreh, who continues to write how the killing,
which has been shown to be false, is true;
@(iii)@@Asahi Shimbun and Kashiwashobo Publishing Company, who
continue to publish the above mentioned in (ii) and other related
texts.
@The Accuser, Mrs. Chieko Tadokoro and Mr. Yutaka Gohda
(Representative of the Asian Friendship Association), friend of chief
barrister Mrs. Tomomi Inada, initiated the appeal, and with the
support Of gThe Society of Answering the Spirits of the War
Heroesh, gJapan Conferenceh, gJapan Policy Research Centreh, and
gThe Society of Supporting Lieutenants Mukai and Noda of the Battle
of Nankingh, The Society to support the 100- Chinese- soldiers-
killing-contest case was founded on the 28th June 2003. The Society
is made up approximately 500 members.
Unless we win this court case, history textbooks will continue to
state incorrect facts, the press will go unpunished, Japanfs erratic
policy towards China will stay in the dark and the false items on
display in the Memorial Hall of the War Resistance against Japan in
China will remain on view forever.
@In his article which appeared in the Seiron column of the Sankei
Shimbun published on the 15th July, 2003 Mr. Keiichiro Kobori,
Adviser for the Society, writes Quote The story which appeared in the
Tokyo Nichinichi Shimbun regarding g100 solders killing contesth
was totally fictional and a total creation. The lack of apology and
admission of fallacy from Mr. Asami, writer of the false article,
since the war, is a serious issue. Many books, including gThe
Fallacy of the Nanking Massacreh written by Akira Suzuki, present
the arguments of many historians and researchers explaining how the
killing could never have taken place. gKatsuichi Hondah, writer for
Asahi Shimbun, intentionally backed up the lies presented in gA trip
around Chinah and does not admit to this.
However, the fact that the Japanese army did not reject the article
in the Tokyo Nichinichi Shimbun remains true. Thus it is the duty of
the former troop members to help rectify and make disappear the shame
of the whole Japanese army by supporting this case. Unquote
@Please also refer to the articles published in the Sankei Shinbun
dated 18th May, 6th July and 8th July as well as Mrs. Chieko
Tadokorofs statement regarding the first trial which was held on the
7th July for further informations.
@To make your donations, please make a remittance to the following
account;
@Post Office A/C No. 00150-5-462592
@The next trial will be held at 10 am. on Monday, 22nd September,
2003 at court number 721, Tokyo District Court.
@Our office address: Yoshino Building 4th Fl, 3-5-12, Nihonbashi,
Chuouku, Tokyo 103-0027 Tel. 03-3271-0262, Fax 03-3271-0263