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To Mr. Takemoto. I think you should actually read the content of the website before you post anything. The author of this site does not in any way represent one death toll or another as the definite figure. In fact, it is quite the opposite.

Tim / USA

I am a bit more dubious about the figures represented here. I quite like a book by Masahiro Yamamoto which ends In other words, those who accepted teh allegded death tool of 300,000 or more in teh Rape of Nanking apparently did not ask themselves a que

Timothy Takemoto / Japan

Truly an eye-opener for those deprived of an unbiased history education. Perhaps we should also remember to offer prayers for the tortured and guilt ridden minds of the Japanese perpetrators who must now live with horrific memories in their old age.

Lawrence Driscoll / USA

To Harris
Just to give some different views on what you have said for the sake of argument.

1) Nobody asked "the victims" to come up with the exact numbers. It is the historians, governments, researchers, politicians, activists, etc, who are publicly debating the figure. As you said, there is no "collective" Chinese in this world and you cannot say "all the Chinese" are the victims here. Yes, many Chinese and their family members were the victims, but who asked them to give a scholarly assessment of the damage of the Nanjing Massacre? It should be the task of today's Chinese and Japanese to reach the consensus. The problem here, as pointed out by the author of this great website, is the fact that:

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"the number has been tinged with politically symbolic meaning and has maintained the emotional controversy for decades. For Japanese conservatives, the figure of 200,000 connotes "victor's justice" at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. In their eyes it was an overly inflated estimate based on groundless evidence, and any number in the hundreds of thousands is a pure nonsense. In China the figure of 300,000, the death toll reckoned at the Nanking War Crimes Tribunal, is the official estimate engraved on the stone wall at the entrance of the Qin-Hua Rijun Nanjing Datsusha Yunan Tongbao Jinianguan, or the Memorial Hall for Compatriot Victims of the Japanese Military's Nanjing Massacre."
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2) Your logic sounds exactly like the one ultranationalists in Japan use to refute the Nanjing Massacre. They say, "how do you know it really happened? The most evidence is a mere propaganda on the side of then Chinese and Western governments," "Yes, there were incessant killings during the battle of Nanjing, but that was a legitimate war combat and not a massacre," ect, etc. By dismissing what happened in the Tiananmen Square 15 years ago by arguing that it was a "Cold-war propaganda," you give the weapons to those ultraconservatives in Japan who use the exact same argument to deny the Rape of Nanking. Whatever evidence you show to them, those "deniers" would say something like, "the evidence was coined by the Chinese government and the "poor Chinese" are brain-washed by the draconian Communist Party."

And could I ask HOW YOU KNOW that Chinese never tortured POWs? In my humble opinion, there would be hundreds of historians, including Chinese researchers, who could give you ample examples of tortures in the course of Chinese history. Have you read any works on the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist? If you think those scholars are indoctrinated by Western ideology, etc, I would like to ask you HOW COME ONLY YOU can see the facts and the others can't, and How you could tell that it is not a propaganda on the side of the Chinese government?

Tim / USA - Monday, June 14, 2004

This is a good website that at least describes partially what happened to Chinese civilian and POW during the WWII. However, there are several arguments must be pointed out: 1) It is irrational to ask the victim, in this case, Chinese to point out exact number of slaugher, as the Japanese army have tried their best way to cover up (burning the bodies, throwing bodies into river), as the scale was so large, and as the power of control over Nanking at that time was totally under Japanese Army. 2) While some people here are sympathizing the horrible experience of Chinese, they also indiscriminably blame Chinese for so-called brutal actions at Tibet or Tiananmen Square. First of all, I would like to ask you how much do you believe there are "massares" in these places? How do you know your impression is not distorted by Cold-war-type news propagandas from Western Countries? Let me tell you some fundamental knowledge that you may never know. "Chinese" is not just what you think as Chinese. Chinese is a collective group of different ethnic groups upto 50. A similar example is like "African American" and "Asian American". The main ethnic groups in China are Han, Manturian, Mongolian, Muslim and Tibetan. If you understand this point, then you would see my next point. You may not believe, but Chinese armies never tortured any POW, let along our own pal tibetans. A recent example is that during the Korean war, although American army tortured Chinese POW, their counterparts were treated humanely by Chinese army. In terms of Tiananmen, Have you ever been there or you just judge from the 1-sided story? At that time, I was in Beijing in my middle school and I witnessed death. But that was not massacre. It was an unfortunate turmoil due to the conflicts between an unskilled government and a group of idealists. The killed were passers-by, innocent amry soldiers and the riots. It is a tragedy and lesson for all Chinese but it's not a massacre as the soldiers were not carrying orders to kill. I would like to discuss these w/ any one who are interested in and please email me at shougogo2004@hotmail.com

Harris / Canada - Friday, June 11, 2004

Hello: Regarding the Rape of Nanjing, has anyone tried to get an apology from Japan? When and did you write or use E-mail and who did your message go to? I am interested because I am trying to get an apology for all peoples and all governments. The apology would bring closure and we are entitled to one. A few of the deeds are Pearl Harbor, Rape of Nanjing and atrocities in various places. Have you heard any good reason why an apology is not owed? I would like to hear from you. E-mail: Pebob123@aol.com Thank you!

Robert Schneider / America - Friday, June 04, 2004

I first learned about the horror of Nanking in high school. A history teacher dared to think outside the assigned text and tell us what the American Public School system seemed to forget. The forgoten holocaust of WWII. It makes me sick that this issue is ignored. In fact we as Americans ignore a lot of things. Anyone ever hear of the Japanese internment? Look it up! FDR was not the president he was thought to be. In fact while we sit here and tell our children how horrible Hitler and the Nazi's were, the truth is we were doing the same thing here in America, while ignoring what was happening in Nanking. I think that this country needs to step up and use the fact that we are the "most powerful" country in the world and use it for some good. While we sit here and slander people like Hitler, we were doing the same thing, and ignored the cries of the Chinese in their hour of need. Meanwhile we pride ourselves on being a perfect nation. Why is it that the story of Nanking never makes it into the text books of American High School students? The same reason that we make Christopher Columbus out to be a god. We don't want to acknowledge that anything bad ever happend here. We don't want to admit that while we said we were stepping up for the little guy and taking out Hitler that we ignored our Chinese friends. We did not stop the horror. We sat there and ignored it silently. That is why, at least in my mind, many children graduate high school not knowing a thing about Nanking. We are just too full of ourselves to admit we allowed something like this to happen. Not only that but if we point the finger at the Japanese they will turn right around and say "and what did you do to us on your own soil all that time?" We would be forced to hang our heads and walk away defeted, because the most powerful country in the world is weak, full of shame, and we are NOT the land of the free and home of the brave. We did not allow the Japanese to be free and we weren't brave enough to step up and do something. I wish I could go into every American classroom and say "Look and see what this so called wonderful country really is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look at the horror we allowed!!" Not everyone may agree with this. This is just my opinion. Please don't be offended. This is what I think America needs to come to terms with.

Tina / USA - Monday, May 31, 2004

The world has waited 58 years for Japan to give an apology for Pearl Harbor, atrocities in the Philippines and the Rape of Nanking. The apology is needed for closure and to encourage the printing of technically correct texts.The present government owes the apology even though a differnt government was in control at the time. To say that the Rape of Nanking was an illusion iaand never happened is unbelievable. A move is underway asking everyone to write to a Japanese Embassy asking for an apology. Don't give up because 58 years have passed-act now please. An apology is needed to raise the blind on those dark years and to give life and meaning to one's heritage. This message has been sent from the east coast of the United States to Thailand,down to Australia. There are people living today who remeber those events; let's help everyone by seeking an apology and bringing them peace of mind and closure. I am a veteran of WW -II in the Pacific Theater! If you have an idea as to how this matter can be handled, please send me an E-mail. Thank you.

Robert Schneider / USA - Wednesday, May 26, 2004

Dear Friends: It's been about 60 years since the Rape of Nanking so it must seem as if Japan will never issue an apology? Well, we're trying again from the U.S. across the Pacific. The apology will be for Pearl Harbor, atrocities in the Philippines and The Rape of Nanking.The apology is still needed for closure and for peace of mind; it's the civilized thing to do. It is suggested that you call for a sincere and unambiguous apology NOW. Japanese text books are distorting the truth and this needs to be corrected. The world waits for an apology. Please talk about this too with your friends. Good luck; Nanking suffered a terrible tragedy!Will an apology cure all problems-NO; but a lot of people will feel better and our heritage will be improved. My E-mail is Pebob123@aol.com

Robert Schneider / United States - Friday, May 21, 2004

In my previous posting I requested information about General Hsi. I want to request that anybody who can help me learn more about this man and his efforts to defeat the Japanese please email me: tubes@netplus.net Thank you.

Wes Witten / USA - Oklahoma - Thursday, April 01, 2004

Hello, I want to learn more about my former neighbor. He was Chinese and a General in the intelligence services under Chiang Kai-Shek. His name is Chen Yi Hsi. General Hsi went to Japan in 1924 as a newspaper reporter to perfect his Japanese. In 1928 he entered the Japanese Artillery academy as a foreign exchange student. In 1931 he graduated the academy and returned to China and three months later his country was at war with Japan. I have problems with his name. I don't speak Chinese. Others have told me that this name in english does not translate into Chinese. Can someone please help me learn more about this man? Thank you. Please email tubes@netplus.net

Wes Witten / USA Oklahoma - Thursday, April 01, 2004

Hello, I want to learn more about my former neighbor. He was Chinese and a General in the intelligence services under Chiang Kai-Shek. His name is Chen Yi Hsi. General Hsi went to Japan in 1924 as a newspaper reporter to perfect his Japanese. In 1928 he entered the Japanese Artillery academy as a foreign exchange student. In 1931 he graduated the academy and returned to China and three months later his country was at war with Japan. I have problems with his name. I don't speak Chinese. Others have told me that this name in english does not translate into Chinese. Can someone please help me learn more about this man? Thank you.

Wes Witten / USA Oklahoma - Thursday, April 01, 2004

Hi i'm a Junior at Clearview Aternative High School, and my teacher told me to look up NanKing... so i did, your site made me cry but it also told the truth, so i just would like to thank you for putting this info on the net were people can learn about it.

Sandi / USA - Wednesday, March 31, 2004

Any living relatives in Japan of related to the sub-lieutenant Mukai Toshiaki can email me at NQuizAtiveBrat69@aol.com. In case you're wondering who I am I am Mukai Toshiaki's grandson. As evidence of this..he had two daughters..Emiko Mukai and Chieko Mukai...I am one of the sons of Emiko Mukai. Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you. ~Shane~

Shane / United States - Wednesday, March 24, 2004

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Friday, March 19, 2004

Jesus, I can't believe somebody recommend this site: http://www.jiyuu-shikan.org/index.html It's a revisionist history site, like the one that denied the Holocaust ever happened. Yes I'm Japanese and I'm tired of my own countrymen acting like fools.

Bob / Japan - Tuesday, March 02, 2004

TO: Ryoko / USA You can call me ignorant, butI have read materials presented by historians (including Iris if you can still call her a historian), then I decided to believe it didn't happen, or if it had happened, nobody cannot provide concrete evidence. So, please do not ASSUME anything. In the current judicial system, it will not be a trail. Speaking of trial, do you know anything about Tokyo trial? The jury was from the same countries that were attacked by Japanese in SE Asia. What were those countris doing in SE Asia thousands of miles away from Europe? Did Japanese invade, or had they invaded there first? "Regardless of the estimated numbers of casualties, the atrocities commited are accurate due to eye witness accounts and people who survived the war themselves." The number is not the only point that I'm trying to make. There are other evidences indicating it may not have happened. Of course, Japanese solders killed Chinese in the city. Chinese soilders dressed like civilians attaked Japanese solders. If you witnessed that, you think the civilians were killed. I presume that you can read Japanese. So, go to http://www.jiyuu-shikan.org/index.html It's in Japanese and got more stuff than in English version. Then, decide what you believe.

Petro / Japanese in USA - Wednesday, February 25, 2004

To Petro / Japanese in USA. I checked the web site you're suggested to view (http://www.jiyuu-shikan.org/e/index.html). I already wrote to those gentleman what think about their approach to history. If the subject would not so terribly serious I would not hesitate to define the web site and what's inside the most funny fiction you can find in the net. Due to the subject I just say: shame on them. Greetings Max C. A. Cappone

Max C.A. Cappone / Italy - Sunday, February 22, 2004

Does anyone know of any pictures of the Ginling Womens College from 1920-1944? I have found a few but would like to find more. Any information on Minnie Vautrins remaining family would be great. As to the weight of the dialog about guilt and rape and one countries inhumanity over another ·It should be discussed that the Americans that stayed in Nanking to help the abandoned Chinese people were mostly American missionaries. People of faith, God and hope for mankind, people who stood against evil. It is the battle that Americans are most often condemned for during ·and thanked for later... kkent@inspired.com

Kenji / Western Civilization - Saturday, February 21, 2004

The event that took place in Nanking is a war atrocity, not a massacred. It is unfortunate that such event has take place. War is singular, cruel, and very unforgiving. To ask someone for an apology or reparations: After such a turbulent period that the event itself is unavoidable. It?s an overstatement that has transgresses not to engendered an a fortiori. That?s why its manifestation doesn?t pan out with bread and butter. There is nothing you can do, but to take up the cudgel for yourself. As you should know during war, everything comes off including your dignity and your sanity. Fight tooth and nail that is what war is all about. Using every muscle that you have: Plus your heart and soul or look death in the eye. There?s no rule in war. As my people back then, find out the hard way that there are peoples who are more advanced and powerful than you are. Never gloat or put out the spangle yet, over your just won little victory until the dust has settles. You can celebrate and gloat, only and only when the storms have subsided and the dust has settled. War has no purpose, no season, or specific of time and date; war only serve the one, who makes and reasons with him only, no one else; not even your progenitor. So, always be prepared is your daily rituals and motto. If war is so kind, then I won?t be living in the Old USA watching football and basketball today, every weekend contemplating about what my people condition and their situation back in China is. I should be watching bull fights, the Dragon boat race, and cheering for Yao Ming now. Instead, I was dispatched out of China, because some people got bored, had nothing else better to do, and don?t know how to keep themselves occupied. They decided to go marauding on the countryside to propagate their otiose laws and levy taxes on people, in order to enrich themselves with gold, status, and power. If anyone resist, they would be rendered into oblivion, no ifs or buts. My people use to live harmoniously with the land, denizens of the soil and building good rapport among the peoples who lives beside them. Just like the people in Nanking. But, due to a deviation circumstantial event that others have designed and conspired to destroy a certain target. That they deemed easy to obtain and vulnerable: so, they came at full force. There?s nothing that we can do but to retreat. We choose to retreat, because it is better to live and fought for another day as not to deplete our strength; because, we?re small in number. And the enemies have grossly outnumbered us. What forebode our destiny in China is diluted and abstruse? Only time will tell what had transpired such a diastrophism event. To extract our historical hagiography seriatim would be a daunting task, not to mention time and money. As of now the storm and the dust haven?t settle yet. It is still difficult to make such a statement. As, I probe and immersed myself into our account more and more. They display no lenity on my peoples for such a despicable act. Why should the people in Nanking deserve empathy either? Empathy is not one of mine pathos, invidious and pique maybe. Everybody is fair game, whether you are vulnerable, outnumbered or not, during war. We didn?t ask for it, the problem present itself to us. Such an unfair proposition is uncalled for. But, we were willing to deal with it head on. Whether we?re prepared or not, we didn?t see our coming, that?s why, we got chase around our own land, like a rooster got chase around his coop. The West were incredulously in awed, how astute, sagacious, and ostensible the Chinese were at keeping the barbarians gnawing at each other?s throat. Like they say what goes around, comes around. When it?s their turn, they can?t even lift a finger. I guess Heavy armored and Tanks just another tropes. We didn?t ask for leniency for our adversity, all we ask for is to live in peace. We didn?t get it, but it didn?t discourage us from keeping our hopes and faiths. Instead of expiatory, we should be bland and conciliatory via jeremiad gestures. Such utterance is more of a magnanimous and sanguine prospect.

Chay Lee / Saint. Paul, MN USA - Saturday, February 21, 2004

Before I begin, two points about myself: I am Chinese and I believe the Nanking massacre did occur. That said, I proceed. 1) Almost every nation and people have committed atrocities at some point in their history. As someone succintly pointed out below, it isn't a Japanese thing - it is a human thing. 2) The numbers, while important, is a topic for scholars. Important for the victims and the countries is an admission of the crime and a clear, official expression of remorse without rationalization, mitigation, downplaying...etc. Once that is given and accepted by both the Chinese and Japanese alike, we can move on. 3) While it is true the Chinese have probably committed far more atrocities against their own people than the Japanese, does that make the war crimes ok? I mean Germany killed off a sizeable portion of their population (Jews) during WWII, can we commit war crimes against Germans now? After all, they've done it to themselves first... My point is that while the Chinese (like all other nation) have committed much atrocities against their own people and must live up to it, it is a red herring to bring it up in a current discussion. [Post to Continue]

d / Canada - Sunday, February 15, 2004

This message is directed towards:Petro / Japanese in USA - Sunday, December 21, 2003 who posted his comments about some these events being a fabrication of the author.....perhaps ur lack of historical knowledge makes you ignorant of the facts. Regardless of the estimated numbers of casualties, the atrocities commited are accurate due to eye witness accounts and people who survived the war themselves. As for: why would you want to go into the city after the horrifying event? The people apparently have no other homes to go to and there is a saying that "falling leaves must return to their roots". So despite all this, they will still want to go home. However, I would also advise people to come to their own conclusions because facts speak for themselves, and acceptance and denial is up to the individual. I have also noticed that in many historical text books, the events in Nanking are not even mentioned; as if erased from history. I think the victims of the war should be remembered and honoured accordingly (as holocaust victims are honoured to this day). As for Japan, they still deny this event and refuse to acknowledge their involvement in these atrocities, however every war has its casualties and hopefully understanding this event may prevent something this horrendous from ever happening again.

Ryoko / USA - Monday, January 19, 2004

I? researching H. J. Timperley and have just reached your web site. All the materials I have seen and HJT himself say that he became an adviser to the Chinese Ministry of Information in 1939.[1] I don? think he was ?ired·by any of Chinese organizations in 1938 ,but he voluntarily helped Chinese Red Cross and the Chinese government. So I just wanted to ask you the source of the following description appeared at http://journalism.missouri.edu/~jschool/nanking/Propaganda/propaganda_01.htm which says, ·In 1938 the Board hired Harold John Timperley, a China correspondent for the Manchester Guardian, and sent him to Europe." I? appreciate your resolving my question. Thank you. Watanabe, Hisashi ----- [1] 1)China Weekly Review, February 9, 1946, p.189 HAROLD J. TIMPERLEY, former newsman who covered the Sino-Japanese war in 1937 and who gave up journalism in 1939 to become adviser to the Chinese Ministry of Information, has now joined the United Nations Relief and Rehabilita- tion Administration offices in this city. Since 1943 Timperley had been working with the United Nations Information Office. 2) Timperley? personal letter to John Curtin (Prim Minister of Australia) September 3, 1942. ... ... At the same time I am under certain obliga- tion to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, by whom I was appointed an Adviser to the Chinese Government in 1939. ... [Personal Papers of Prim Minister Curtin, NAA/M1415]

Watanabe, Hisashi / Japan - Tuesday, January 06, 2004

To Petro, That is not the matter of how many people were killed. Even just thirty thousand, three thousand, there was still a Massacre, murder.I disagree with my government to use the Event of Nanking Massacre as political tool to nurture the extreme nationalism. However, I strongly believe Japanese should face the turth of history, not to evade responsibility even deny. Not only Naking Massacre, the Japanese chemistry weapon was another serious war crime. These weapons left in China still hurt people in China even today.Facing the turth is not just for victims, also for today's Japan. When truth is buired ubder ground it grows, it gathers such an explosive force that on the day it bursts out, it blows up everything with it.

Sha / A Chinese in U.S. - Wednesday, December 24, 2003

Please go to the following web site and decide on your own what the fact is. http://www.jiyuu-shikan.org/e/index.html I will email them about this site and ask what they think. This site could have information they don't have, then Mr. Kajimoto can disprove them. If they can break the points what Mr. Kajimoto is trying to prove, then Mr. Kajimoto need to think about what he's going to do next. Personally, I believe there was no such incident. Even if it had happened, it is impossible to say it happened conclusively. Of course, people were killed; it was war. But 300,000 (claimed by Chinese)? After the fall of Nanking, the population of the city increased according to the records. Suppose there was a massacre and you were there, do you want to go into the city after the horrifying event? If you do so, you could get killed by those "evil" Japanese soldiers! Were those Chinese people stupid as rocks? To those who believe Iris Chang's book, I advise you to be careful what you read. If she is a fiction writer, she is a good one. If she is a historian, she is a lousy one. In California, after the book become best-seller in the US, they tried to sue Japan and demand an apology even after the San Francisco Treaty. They behave like that based on the book apparently. So be careful, and learn/study the FACT with logical thinking.

Petro / Japanese in USA - Sunday, December 21, 2003

Dear Masato Kajimoto, I have linked this website to the "Emerging Civil Society" page of my website. Its themes are "Asian Politics, World Politics, American Politics, Futures Studies." Sincerely, Vincent Kelly Pollard, Ph.D. Lecturer University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Vincent Kelly Pollard / Hawai'i (U.S.A.) - Sunday, November 02, 2003

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Wednesday, October 08, 2003

The fact of the matter is, to everyone who seems to think that this atrocity is no big deal, the Japanese commited WAR CRIMES, the thousands of rapes and killings of civilians- DEFENSELESS civilians. It doesn't matter how big the population of CHina is, it doesn't matter how fast China grows. The Japanese to this day have not even apologised, let alone teach these generations what they did in WW2. To John from the USA- China has a long history- over 4 thousand years- of course it's going to have had many bloody events- but the fact is that JAPAN has barely even acknowledged their ancestor's actions. Now why would they do that?....As well, it was the WAY that the Chinese were killed, they were sexually mutilated, experimented on, raped, killed, and did I meantion RAPED? Fathers were forced to rape their daughters, sons were forced to rape their mothers. And to John from the USA, why is 9/11 such a huge deal then? If you're going to talk numbers then I'll give you numbers. 3000 people were killed on 9/11 out of 350 million people in the US. 400 000 killed out of 450 million at the time in CHina. ARe you seeing my point? Of your country's short history of not even 500 years, you have a revolution- and what happened there? Countrymen killed fellow countrymen. Same thing as the revolutions in China. So going back to CHina, do you have anything recorded in American history as bad as what happened in Nanking? No, I don't think anything even compares. The Chinese are still angry with Japan because they won't apologize, they won't teach their children the truths of what occured in Nanking, and the world doesn't seem to be doing anything about it. And I think that Paul Lim said something about revenge being part of the CHinese culture- aren't you CHinese? Because based on what you said, I DON'T THINK YOU ARE. The CHinese people are not like that and their beliefs don't include going againt Confucius.

Brenda Smith / Canada - Sunday, October 05, 2003

A very balanced account of one of the most politicized, and misunderstood, events in world history. I strongly believe the Nanking Incident/Atrocity/etc. should be studied purely for scholarly motives, and frankly it's about time the Chinese government stopped using it as a tool to nurture anti-Japanese sentiments among its people.

Tengumai / Japan - Wednesday, October 01, 2003

Heho, I just surfed in and only want to say 'hallo' ;o) little fine page, keep up ;o) Robert

Robert / Niederlande - Saturday, August 30, 2003

I can't agree with you more, Jim. Chinese have every right to accuse Japan of not owning up to its dark past, but they too should be ashamed of themselves not having done so over Tibet, Tianamen Square, Xinjiang, etc, etc. In fact, we should all feel guilty, one way or another, of not doing enough to stop and prevent the similar atrocities that are taking place at this very moment in many parts of the world today...

Tim / Japan - Wednesday, August 20, 2003

Before we come to understand why the many women and chilren were raped by Japanese soldiers in Nanking, we have to understand why it always happened in every single country whenever there are upheavala and internal political turmoils, British in South Africa (Boar War), US in Maylai Vietnam, Chinese Communist in Tibet and Western province of China, Wwar in Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Iraq, Iran,etc.Not Just Japan but many many others.The brutal acts of Japanese soldiers during WW2 are only one of the many many rapes and tortures that occured throughout our human history.Not just one country we have to look into but the whole world as a whole.I can say that we are living in the world of total deception and lies back from ancient times,the evils of lies and deceptions than transform our wisdom self into beast of burden to others.The many cruel acts came out, unimaginable it may seems to many,all came from our cooperation with evils in their minds of deceptions.We should not and never shall just question only the Japanese soldiers why they did it.Many of them did not wish to respond because the combination of deceptive idealogy and insane human actions are too much for their brains.Same goes to the British and American their very same acts in the past in other settings.

Jim / Britain - Monday, August 18, 2003

The Nanking Atrocity is indeed one of the most tragic human dissaster of the 20th century.It did happened and many witnesses including former Japanese soldiers testify to its occurance.But the sadest of call is the numerous controversial informations coming from all sides including thoese from the chinese, Japanese, and the west.Up to now no one can give any kind of authenticated figures as to the death toll,any thing from 450,000 or even 500,000 down to zero.Honestly, in my opinion nobody can ever will.Direct witness to the incident for what we known for historically are only a few and the information which the foreigners have come indirectly. Rev John Macgee film footage only captured the incident after it had happened, the aggressors were all long gone before that.The 35mm vintage film footage only shown some objects floating here and there and some disert outskirt of the city, his film footage did not really capture the mountain piles of dead human body.His camera should capture in details bodies after bodies just like the one in Jewish Holocaust first. The 400,000 is only a "politically correct" conventional figure for illustration purpose only.How do we come to this figure before we can very conclusively say that the death toll in Nanking is indeed 400,000 ? In this case no such authenticated document relating to such findings can be found and it is a true fact. When we come to try to answer the question why Japanese soldiers commited such brutal acts on chinese civillian especially the many rapes reported as one of the guest pointed out, it seems to us that wherever there are internal political turnmoil and expansion or invasion from one country to another, those kinds of cruel acts all come with it starting from the Boar War which the British soldiers gang raped many Dutch Settlers and later imprison them in concentration camps, the forefather of Hitler to the European Jewery to the present day Liberia.History repeated many many times all over again.WHY ? Is it because this is the weakness of our human self when we turn from extreme love to extreme hate or GOD is absent from us ? I leave it up to the viewers to decide.

Larry / USA - Monday, August 18, 2003

It would be simple to take the easy option and be appalled, horrified, deeply saddened and sickened by the atrocities at Nanking...and then forget it. But just so it is clear in my mind, I will try and understand why women,children and babies were raped. How loud were their screams, could I imagine in a moment how terrified they were or the physical pain they endured? I would like to ask a Japanese soldier, why he carried out these acts. If he was going to kill those women, why did he carry out those terrible acts beforehand?Why use a bayonet aginst a baby? Maybe that soldier...who will be an elderley man now, will make me understand? .If it was my grandfather or father who had carried out those acts, how would I feel...maybe I should just forget it? If my grandmother, mother, daughter, neice had been brutalised, how would I feel. Maybe I should just forget? How many people am I forgetting? 10,000, 20,000, perhaps 300,000. Perhaps a government minister from Japan could clarify the number, or should I just forget?

Linda Willcox / United Kingdom - Sunday, May 18, 2003

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Tuesday, April 29, 2003

would like to correspond with anyone who worked at trials {TOKYO} i was sound recorder at the trials with U.S. Army , I built the sound console that recorded the sound tracks on the army camer

wallace correll / U.S.A. - Monday, April 07, 2003

I just wanted to vomit when I read about the Nanking atrocities. The details are disgusting of the rapes and brutal killings and I would like to know what these soldiers were thinking. I can't even imagine witnessing these gut-wrenching atrocities. Often, we focus on the Holocaust, which was, don't get me wrong, horrible, but the Japanese's crimes are often forgotten. A very informative site.

Taylor / USA - Sunday, March 23, 2003

Since there isn't any official statistics from the chinese government on the population of Nanking before and after the massacre,it is impossible to know if an estimated 400,000 people were killed in Nanking.All the missionaries could hear and witnessed were victims and wounded brought to them or ran their lives to them.We knew to some the degree that killing did take place but if one refer the nanking incident as a massacre on large scale, we need to methodically work on some figures before arriving at some conclusion.

A Japanese student / Japan and USA - Tuesday, March 18, 2003

Concerning the issue related to the NANKING ATROCITIES, all I would like to know is the truth, rather than propaganda. For those of you can read Japanese, I highly recommend to read this article. "A Japanese scholar found a new evidence denying The NANKING ATROCITIES." http://www.sankei.co.jp/news/030301/0301sha007.htm Also, for considering China-Japan relationships of post-WW2 era, I would like to introduce the article below. It is very intriguing. "THE EMPEROR OF CHINA VISITS JAPAN" http://www.foreigncorrespondent.com/archive/monyglot.html

Ted (Jpn student in the US) / USA - Tuesday, March 18, 2003

This a depends on which archives one is reading and the opinion of the individual conducting the studies.The chinese side (since they are victims of Japan aggression), their version of Nanking atrocity are inevitably more graphics and emotional which facts sometime maybe seriously overlooked.The Japanese version understandably more tune down since they are in a much different position compared to to others.If it is about the Tibetan massacre, the official chinese version is believably a denial one because very clearly they are the aggressor.So the truth of the matter is what side you on.

Uncle Tom / USA - Thursday, March 13, 2003

How can one admitted to something which did not take place ? We are not trying to ignite any flame of hatred between the chinese people and us.There are conclusive study did on the subject and many of them did point out that the massacre did not happen.We do not simply deny for no reasons at all.It is easy for others to criticise our findings and view points based on other versions of the study but we sincerely believe that the numerous studies and researches on the Nanking Atrocity do not simply go wasted.

Japanese / Japan - Thursday, March 13, 2003

A very good site on the chinese Nanking atrocity, a chapter will totally censored from my over 25 years old school history book.It is a very bad deception from our government to bann us from knowing the whole truth about one of the most brutal and horrific atrocity commited by our forefather.I agree absolutely with Mr.Chinese from Canada and our fellow countryman Mr.Japanese to have a Japanese version of this website.Maybe Kajimoto san can give some thought into it. Overall quite a indepth coverage of the turbulent time my grandparents gone through with false and deceived hope from the militarist dictator of our country.

Tanaka / Japan - Thursday, March 13, 2003

I agree with Mr.Chinese from Canada.A Japanese version of this site will help the younger generation Japanese to better understand the Nanking atrocity. Afterall it is about the understanding of how people's ideology can fall deadly out of track which bring one's own country and others into total chaos rather than to put more grieve on the shame of our past.Only if our younger generation Japanese can fully understand the atrocity of war will they less incline to blame their grand parents and relatives and most importantly to themselves.

A Japanese / USA and JAPAN - Tuesday, March 11, 2003

I strongly disagree with Paul Lam comment on revenge as part of chinese culture.Every nation has this small group of political activist most commonly known as political far right or rightist who put their national interests above all else regardless of any kind of outcome.If revenge is part of any country's culture, that country will continuously suffer for the worse like those of Israel and Palistine.They highly glorify their victory over the Japanese during the so called eight years sino japanese war whose real liberator is non other than the american which some chinese rightist so utterly stupid in condamning them as imperialist with eight tenticles.Being a chinese myself I know about the many weakness of chinese people as a nation.They never stick together compounded with their highly proud and discriminatory attitude towards outsider which left the country highly vulnerable to outside invasion.The tragedy of Nanking is a result of the ideology of madness from Japan and the total ignorance of the greater chinese of the outside world which left millions die of murder and starvations.

lar / Canada - Tuesday, March 11, 2003

This is a good site, but in my opinion, it doesn't go into enough detail as the following site I visited before I came to this one. http://www.cnd.org/njmassacre/njm-tran/njm-intr.htm The pictures are more graphic at that site, well written enough to make me gag and have bad dreams, and sheds no light on what happened. The site I posted goes into great detail of the killing games, and raping that occured. Besides that, this is a great site none the less. I agree with an earlier post, this site should also have a japanese version so more japanese can read about it.

A Chinese / Canada - Monday, March 10, 2003

I agree mostly to what Mr.Paul Lim had said but as a chinese I am a bit concern about his latter comment about revenge is part of chinese culture.An eye for an eye can only put the Nanking Atrocity denial group into further denial and deception to the greater Japanese public.The consequences of revenge most likely lead to further chaos.The shameless act by the Japanese should be referred to those ultra rightwing militarist facists who ruled Japan by absolute dictatorship and worst of all by deception to the japanese public from what is actually going on in the real world.As far as I am concern they murdered both Japanese and chinese and also countless of people from other nationality.I know it so well because my wife is Japanese and her family suffered harassements from the militarist for their liberal and christian view and they have to put up by embracing the defeat after the Amercian dropped their "Little Boy" on Hiroshima and the "Little Girl" on Nagasaki.Shameless acts of cruelty should go to those ruthless militarist dictator of Japan and NOT to the Japanese people because they suffered very badly just like the rest of us.

A Chinese / USA - Sunday, March 09, 2003

It is obvious that the Japanese are ashamed of what happened in Nanking and have deliberately kept the atrocities from the present generation of Japanese. This only serve to further anger the Chinese people. The Japanese people as with all of humanity have a right to know. It would be naive of those guilty to think that time would sweep away their guilt. It must also be known that revenge is part of the Chinese culture .......

Paul Lim / Singapore - Tuesday, March 04, 2003

I can understand Robert's view.The present world is becoming more and more screw up.People reject the God given wisdom and carry their laziness to ignorance.

Shell / Britain - Tuesday, February 25, 2003

The Nanking Atrocity is one of the world most horrific occurance that can happen to our human world.Somehow I just cannot understand why so many Chinese people perished under the crazy tyrann of countless revolution during the Mao's era whose number can more or less compared to those perished during japanese militarist occupancy.The former is still receiving glorious welcome but the later is continuously condamm as forever evil.I can understand well about the later but I can never understand about the former.This is same as millions and millions of Russians cried when Joseph Stalin died in 1953 despite the fact that he was the mastermind behind the forced famine in the mid 1935's which put millions into starvation and death, a "just" caused for Gulags, non Gulags, struggling class, and revolutionaries.

John "one more time !" / USA - Tuesday, February 25, 2003

To continuously cry for what had already happened and cannot be "reversed" can never help to solve any problem.Most people espacially our younger generation has been spoiled so much by the increasing materialistic postwar world which takes everything for granted without giving any matter a second thought and look further in seeking why such and such happened.This relentless behaviour from our younger generation will inevitably give rise to another global conflict and the same question is being asked again.Why people are so cruel ?

Robert / USA - Monday, February 24, 2003

Thank you for putting one of the world most tragic atrocity of the 20th century in perspective in a very objective manner.It is rather disturbing to see some people's commenting only to serve their own interest. This include some chinese rightwing sensationalists, ultra rightwing Japanese Nationalist, anti-war mock "democracy" crowd, and some self righteously 'people democracy' in our homeland.It is so evident that people are continuing conciousely and unconciously to push into war every minute and every second and give the real evil chances after chances to extend its claws to many parts of the globe.This recent ant-war protest on US aggressive policy on Iraq is a unaminous support for Saddam Hussein and his brutal regime, this is what I mean by unconcious push for war.Evil works best when our minds are unconcious.

Jim / Australia - Monday, February 24, 2003

Chinese people do not seems to think when they see some article written which to their own interpretation tends to minimise the atrocity committed by the Japanese during the Seciond World War, they cry out immediately for injustice and no respect for human life.Some Japanese when they read about the many perspectives on World War Two history which unanimously agree on Japan being the evil one, they also in turn scream for injustice.This co-existanace of negative reactions comes from self righteousness from either side.This explains why democracy is never an easy process for people always has this hidden mindful of hatred which can flare into the open at any time. The truth is nobody in this world can be denied to right to live.The responsibility of Nanking tragedy lies on BOTH THE HAND OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE.For the Chinese, they exhaust all means by focusing on their internal conflicts and interests with little or no attention is paying to the ordinary civillian and offer them little or no protection from foerign aggression. The Japanese has gone beyond their wildest ambition of domination which transform their action into countless murders.The former is the source of brutality and the later is the means which makes the brutality a reality.

John Again / USA - Friday, February 21, 2003

To Yu, If you are still with this webpage please read the following: My comment does not mean that I have no respect of human life. I was horrified to what has happened in Nanking. What I am talking about is reality.The Chinese lead the world in population growth as well as population decline.The growth of your country people phenomenal and the number of death whether due to war, famine, and natural causes are also phenominal.When I say that what a big deal of 400,000 thousand die in Nanking compare to millions die in the infamous cultural revolution and many other massacre which their death toll often in the millions I do not undermine the importance of the right to live for those innocents.The truth of the matter is THE ORDINARY CHINESE PEOPLE FROM THE DAWN OF THEIR CIVILISATION TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND BEYOND ALWAYS AND NEARLY ALWAYS DENIED THE RIGHT TO LIVE A DECENT LIVE.Think about what are those senseless revolution Mao did to his own people.Think about the continue deny of massacre of the Tibetan people from the Chinese Government.The Japanese no doubt did inflict very serious wound in China but please see for yourself, did the chinese people themselves respect human life within their own circle not to speak of other foreign invasion.The truth of the matter is human being are selfish, they only care about themselves.When Chinese see any suspicion on any comment seems to minimise the atrocity committed by the Japanese during the Second World War as disrespect of human life is the act of patrioticism in the form of self righteouness. This is why democracy is never a easy process because people throughout are always looking for fame and revenge rather than mutual understanding and respect, chinese are no exception although the as well as the Jeweish people did suffered tremendously during the Biggest Conflict of the last century.

John / USA - Friday, February 21, 2003

To John, To answer your question, although the number of death toll seems very small compared to other massacre occured in China by the chinese themselves on their own people,no matter what the underlying causes are, those ordinary people civillian were denied the right to live rather than died due to natural causes.

Larry / Canada - Friday, February 21, 2003

It seems some people have NO RESPECT to HUMAN LIVES,especially Mr.John from USA.

Yu / China - Thursday, February 12, 2003

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Thursday, February 12, 2003

I spent almost four hours on this site. I learned something today.

melimello / Brazil - Thursday, February 06, 2003

Chinese history is written with blood.Massacre simillar to the one happened in Nanking in 1937 happened numerous time over the course of 3000 years of recorded chinese history.Somehow I wonder why the Nanking atrocity seems to be more promenent than others.Probably with the invention of photography which makes the situation seems more dramatic compare to others.Most chinese seems to forget about the mass slaughtering and rape of chinese by chinese, a recorded half a million of innocent civillian in Yeung Chow.Isn't it as horrible or even worser than Nanking ? What's the so big deal about Nanking? Every year a population equal to Taiwan is born in China and a population equal to Australia die in China.China always lead the world in population growth no matter what.Is it the manner of those who died in Nanking which concerns people ?

John / USA - Wednesday, February 05, 2003

I am trying to find information on my grandfather (Justice John P. Higgins) who was replaced on the bench in 1946. Any information is appreciated.

Thomas McDonough / USA - Thursday, January 23, 2003

Nothing like this is ever forgetable nor forgivable. Wars should never happen in the first place, and I do not believe there is ever an excuse good enough to justify them. I am writing from the U.S.A, where we are again about to use our bully status to wage a war without any reason or proof that we need defending. I look at what happened at Nanking as a symbol of what all countries are capable of, not just Japan.

Isabel / United States - Thursday, January 16, 2003

I knew a man who was British pow in a japanese camp he was treated very badly supposedly because it was considered dishonourble by the japanese to surrender.But where is the honour in fighting if your enemy is innocent women and children,where is the honour in rape? A most dishonourable time in japanese history.

D Carter / Uk - Wednesday, January 01, 2003

I am writing to let you know how tasteless your writing is. The worse is to publish books, articles without the COMPLETE TRUTH. In case you're wondering who I am. I am the grandson of Mukai Toshiaki, one of two accused of a killing competition using a sword. I have my grandfather's sword now. I think he paid for whatever he did and so has my family.

A concerned Japanese U.S citizen / United States - Sunday, December 29, 2002

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Wednesday, December 25, 2002

Translation application is used. A Japanese army is the world strongest. 300,000 people can be killed in one month. I am sad. Japanese people cannot do English. A person concerned cannot participate. I am sad. Much right wings are not Japanese. I am amazed. See the writing on which an imitation Japanese reflects. Many Korean family registers are in Japan. HPhttpwhich denies http : //www.history.gr.jp/nanking/index.html CNN http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9609/23/rare.photos/index.html http: //nankinrein.hp.infoseek.co.jp/page1.html http://nankinrein.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ind ex.html right-wing http://www.asahi.com/english/weekend/K2001120900069.html

Eye / Japan - Tuesday, December 24, 2002

This is the true story of poor men in Japanese clothes. JIGYAKUSENNOUSAYOKU,ZAINITI,they resort to makeshifts. -The End- Japanese history was invented by the megalomaniacs. The rumor of NANKINDAIGYAKUSATU is false.

j / japan - Sunday, December 22, 2002

Love your work.

K.K. / U.K. - Friday, December 13, 2002

Hello all, It is great that someone has acknowledged that Nanking or Nanjing did suffer in the past history and that the truth is slowly emerging to the surface. I have done some severe research on this particular incident, I ahve read Hondas book and Iris Changs book along with 24 others and really the history of Japan has to be researched and it was difficult and I know that the Chinese are very bitter about what happened and not forgetting the Koreans too. The younger people in Japan are not learning about their past history which is a shame because it would be a shame to hear what there ancestors did in the past from a foriegner. I am currently in Japan and finding out from my friends what they know about it. I would be interested to hear from anyone, my contact is Kenny10pin@hotmail.com thanks Dan

Daniel Leung / U.K - Sunday, December 08, 2002

I dedicate my sincere thanks to the Japanese who set up this website. We Chinese can forgive those crimes in the war but will never forget them. We Chinese should be well aware of the ring-wing political trends in Japan.

Lei Yang / China - Friday, December 06, 2002

i have never understood how one nation can so badly treat another nation

declan lynch / england - Monday, December 02, 2002

Firstly, this is an excellent website and project you have undertaken. Being a child born after WW2, I've heard much of the Japanese occupation in Malaya from my parents. As a Chinese, I feel the deep hurt and emotional scar from reading your articles. Yet, I applaud the effort that you have put in to set things in perspective. For all that I know evil exists in all of man, and it is hoped that by learning our past, that these dispicable events will not repeat in the future, irrespective of race.

Johnson Mah / Malaysia - Sunday, December 01, 2002

It has been a gruesome sight to see people being savagely butchered mercilessly for the name of a mortal Emperor. After reading your documentaries, i am in my lifetime would bear the facts and reality of this atrocities to humanity. War would remain an act of stupidity towards your own kind in the name of selfishness and arrogance. To the author, my gratitude for providing us with such in depth view of the topic in different perspectives. Thank you.

Michael Ferrer / Philippines - Tuesday, November 26, 2002

i recently went to china ( beijing,shanghai and nanjing) and i went to the Nanjing Massacre memorial. i saw only a few of the atrocities commited bye the evil jappenese army. i am only 15 years old and i really got upset. i felt sorry for all the chinese people around me crying and staring and placing flowers next near where the skeltons of murded chinese people lay. the feeling that went through my mind was a feeling that i have never felt before. why did these atrocites occure? how could a human do this to another humbeing? why did the US, britan and my country ( Australia ) allow this to occure. no body i know understands what really happened like i do. and i wasnt even there. if you are a jappenese person born around this time you should be embarrassed to walk out in public. i hope you all understand what you did and you appolidge to all the people affected by your countries atrocties. people wonder why japan has a restriction on their deffence forces. NOW YOU KNOW WHY!!! i hope the restrictions are never abolished from the japenese and germans cause who knows what they could and who knows if they have really learnt their lesson from their disgracefull famliy members from the 1920's - 1950's

heners / australia - Monday, November 25, 2002

"Tim / Japan - Saturday, July 13, 2002: It is insane what happened in Nanking. After reading some of the Japanese confessions I wanted to throw up. How could they have murdered all those people? Not very many people in the west no about the War in China and all the civilians that were killed. More people should know about the Sino-Japanese War and how horrible it was."

I agreed! May all the victims of Japanese soldier crime all around the world rest in peace! After reading and saw the pictures of Nanking massacre, I am so sad and my tears start flowing. wonder how could human be so CRUEL! *sigh* to Japanese government, your denial only add more pains. Please be informed that the one of the Nanking Massacre butcher now is a Japanese Olympic Chairman member *source: www.huaren.org

Hart / Italy - Friday, November 15, 2002

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Thursday, November 07, 2002

I recently lived for 3 1/2 years in mainland Japan near Hiroshima and I can say from experience that I never once met a Japanese that was remotely rude, much less one that I thought could harm another human person. However, this is the Japan of today. The Japan of yester year is a completely different story. I can understand how people can kill in order to protect one's country, but the atrocities that happened during WWII are unthinkable. How can anyone, much less a large group of people kill innocent children? I guess this is the million-dollar question, for it has happened many times in the history of our world. Let's pray it doesn't happen again.

Jimmy Canada / United States - Thursday, October 31, 2002

Dear Masato Kajimoto, Thank You fo making this site. To be honest, i have hated the Japanese for a long time, because of their constant denial of the war crimes they have commiitted. THis is the first time i have to say i have changed my point of view on Japanese, since this such detailed website is made BY a Japanese. No Offense, i know that there are Japanese that are willing to admit their crimes, and have personally apologize to the victims. But still if i am correct 80% or least the majority of the Japanese citizen are still being brainwashed by the government. And yet i still have to admit I have great Haatred to the japanese that still still believes on the lies that the Japanese Government is creating. But after reading this site, and meeting my japanese girl friends family, i have changed my view on teh Japanese greatly. I know that the Japanese have great respect for itself, and expect others to do so too. But the fact is that if you run away from your responsibilities, there is never respect towards the Japanese, so to the Japanese that are still whining about the other nations creating lies to hate the Japanese, face it, the only one lying here is the Japanese government. and all respect to you, MR/Mrs Masato Kajimoto

BC / China (Hong Kong) - Monday, October 21, 2002

I just saw a documentary at the History Channel, it is desvastating what the Japanese did to all the chinese, I had no idea these attrocities had occured in China

frineeargueta@integra.com.sv / El Salvador - Sunday, September 29, 2002

thanks to mr kajimoto for such an informative and 'neutral' website.we need to know what really happened there and not what was embellished in favour of dramatic effects. these events made me, as a malaysian chinese,seeth with anger for awhile but after careful thinking,the events cannot be said to represent the japanese as a whole.these are events of the past and the people who did it have probably got their redemption and rightful punishment by their respective religion.it would be very childish and immature to say that all of japanese people are that cruel.the world does not need another nanking massacre and neither do the future generations.someone said before in this message board that the british and french troops also commited similar atrocities in their colonial campaigns.the polish kings of long ago also pillaged and raped villages in ukraine before.soviet atrocities also went by unnoticed due to media blackout.mao tsetung also slaughtered much more chinese than the japanese did in nanking.is there a point missing here?peace to all...thanks again..it is a good website.

HP / Malaysia - Saturday, September 28, 2002

Would you please provide me the names list of the members of International Committee for Nanjing Safety Zone? I am the area Executive for East Asia and Pacific for Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)in Canada and the USA, and United Church of Christ, USA. Some of those missionaries, such as : Searle Bates, a professor of history at the University of Nanjing, Lewis Smythe, a sociologist at the University of Nanjing, Minnie Vautrin, staff at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, were the important members of International Committee for the Nanjing Safety Zone, who are from Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the US and Canada. Thank you. Yours, Xiaoling

Xiaoling Zhu / US - Friday, September 27, 2002

This is the very first time I come across this another holocaust happened in China over 60 years ago.So much I had about the holocaust of the european jewery.Your site is a real eye opener to me.Thank you very much for a very educational and informative website.

Bill / France - Monday, August 26, 2002

I would like to point out one inaccuracy on Iris Chang's book on the Rape of Nanking. She mentioned that not a single history book has touched upon the subject except David Bergamini book Japanese Imperial Conspiracy. She is 100% WRONG.There are at least 50 publication in English on the Rape of Nanking and David Bergamini's book has been refuted by historian worldwide.The Rape of Nanking is a book of sensation, NOT A BOOK FOR HISTORY BLUFF.

John / USA - Monday, August 26, 2002

After reading some of the guest comments,it is very sad to find some reader has absolutely no knowledge of the Nanking massacre, and once they find out, blind hate on the Japanese people fuse all the way from them. Atrocity and massacre are commited all over the world for the past thousands of years of our human civilisation.Every nation no matter how the 'universal' word of democracy used to describe the situation of that particular country committed atrocity or massacre towards their neighbour or far away nations in some form of other.Human cruelity very sadly was part of our human history.Every single history book from all over the world never fail to mention bloodshed in their accounts.The Japanese and German may appear very cruel in the past, but what about the British , American, Australian, and French in their hay day of colonialism , merciless killings did occured and could be read everywhere including thier own history text.

Larry / Open Mind - Monday, August 26, 2002

Having visited the Museum of Japanese Occupation and mass grave in Nanjing (now Nanking) I was distressed by the amount of non-coverage in the United States of these events. Now due to Japans economic morass I'm sure even Disney will display the horrors of the Samauri now that post Enron "investment grade bonds" go begging on the Tokyo Stock market. For fifty years Japan has paid billions for American silence on this issue, I'm glad to see these survivors come to light. I would also like to thank this fine project for displaying a remarkable job in the horrors of what amounts to an unknown war to the Generation X and Ys. I will return to Nanjing sometime but this time armed with more info because of this site than last time. Thanks again!

Gordon Rowe / USA - Saturday, August 24, 2002

Congratulations on the courage and compassion to confront this painful issue, the more so for your Japanese background. It helps my faith in humankind. Surely a full acceptance by the Japanese of what was done in the past is needed for the lessons of history to be learnt and not repeated. Just as Hitler took comfort in the world's forgetting of the Armenians, the Japanese would provide the same argument to present and future tyrants. Worse for them they have sown the seeds of future conflict with a China that is a growing and potentially unstable superpower. I must add that I am stunned by Adele's comments. Aside from the fact that war itself is an obscenity, what did Australians do in the war that is equally as abhorrent as the Rape of Nanking? Remember that this was a crime sanctioned at the highest levels of command and committed by thousands of men - not the isolated acts of indisicpline that occur in all conflicts. It was not an isolated incident but part of a consistent pattern of behaviour by the Japanese throughout the war, especially following spirited resistance by the enemy. Compare this with the behaviour of the Australian forces who occupied Japan and who had far greater reason to exact vengeance. Adele demeans the memory of the victims of Nanking and insults the honour of the Australians who showed such restraint to a people whose soldiers and leaders showed themselves so dishonourable.

Trevor / Australia - Wednesday, August 21, 2002

http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/articles/Askew.html

Net surfer / USA - Monday, August 05, 2002

The Nanking massacre was an attrocious war crime but we must ask ourselves how much do we acctually know about our respective nations involvements in conflict? Most Japanese have no idea that these attrocities even occured how can we be sure that our governments are also not depriving us of the truth on similar situations? I Find some of the actions of Australian soldiers committed in conflict equally abhorrant, as well as americas blatent disregard for the people of vietnam when they entered that conflict. To those who critisise Japans President Koizumi, for attending a war memorial, I ask you to think hard as to how you would react if your nations leader refused to acknowledge those who died in conflicts concerning your own countries. I myself am sure that there were many attrocities committed by at least some of the Australians mentioned in our numerous memorials but I would never not pay homage to the others who didn't. I ask people that post hee to look at how you would view the situation given that you had grown up in the culture. The man who compiled this site is fantastic for trying to look past the generalisations that surround the topic.

Adele / Australia - Tuesday, July 30, 2002

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Sunday, July 14, 2002

I saw on CNN today a news package about a documentary called Japanese Devils that featured appalling confessions of former Japanese soldiers. And I found its official website. It's at http://www.japanesedevils.com/

Tim / Japan - Saturday, July 13, 2002

It is insane what happened in Nanking. After reading some of the Japanese confessions I wanted to throw up. How could they have murdered all those people? Not very many people in the west no about the War in China and all the civilians that were killed. More people should know about the Sino-Japanese War and how horrible it was.

Andy / Canada - Friday, July 12, 2002

I am trying to authenticate the bayoneting of babies during the Japanese occupation of Nanking. Could someone provide first source documentation? Thank you. My email address is: daveCbowman@yahoo.com

Dave Bowman / USA - Tuesday, July 09, 2002

Just watched the Raping of Nanking on the History Channel last night......wow, this is not taught in the history courses in the states. The similiarities among the Japanese and Islam is very revealing.

matthew hoye / Chicago USA - Friday, June 21, 2002

It is a shame that the japanese are only being held responsible for the damage that they did in china. Whwt about all the other places where they did the same. I did not particitate in the second world war but my father did and to this day he cannot stand the Japanese. Wont eat their food, drive their cars or associate with them in any way. The japanese are very cruel people and I believe they are still the same today. For a country to start to accept the things they have done in the past is all to unbelievable. Over 50 years have passed. I myself dont have anything to do with japanese people. The japanese and the germans are alll in the same boat.

bluey 2 u / australia - Friday, June 14, 2002

Jim/USA wrote on June 01, 2001: "I have read Iris Chang book on The Rape of Nanking. Now I have the opportunity to read your most professional and well researched site on the Nanking Atrocities.Outrage rather than true understanding of the overall historical perspective is the theme of Iris Chang's book which is very simillar to David Bergamini's Japan Imperial Conspiracy.There are many errors in Iris Chang's book which are subsequently being pointed out by chinese and japanese scholars. For anyone who are genuiene in seeking true understanding about the atrocities,I strongly recommend your site." I agree with you, Jim.

T.K. / Hong Kong - Friday, May 24, 2002

In fact on second reading, your pages presented mainly from Japanese's propaganda perspective disguised as scholarly work with only light scattering of Chinese sources. This is either a lack of attempt in your project or purpose masking of the true atrocities perpectuating right winged Japanese views with a guise of being scholarly. (Mark Kerr / USA)--I totally agree with you!

xiaoting luo / USA - Thursday, May 23, 2002

i really aprreciate that the author took an indepth look in to this matter as i myself as a malaysian chinese knew about this matter, however this site increased my knowledge about the event.

Steven L.S.F / Malaysia - Friday, May 10, 2002

I heard there is a documentary movie about Nanking Massacre. Is there anybody know where I can find one copy? Thanks My email is Arp2li@hotmail.com

Zhi Li / USA - Thursday, April 25, 2002

Thank you so much for allowing us to hear the different testimonies that were apart of this website. I am a freshman in High School, and as apart of our class we took a look at this site and www.princeton.edu/~nanking It makes me personally very sad and angry to see that our country could do such a terrible thing. Again, thank you for sharing your story, and allowing other generations to learn from the mistakes of other events. Thank you again.

*Lucy* / America - Thursday, April 25, 2002

Study more!

John / Swiss - Wednesday, April 24, 2002

Recent Sitings: -A recent article in the Boston Metre featuured a Japanese town's proposal for a monument to be erected in honour of the cattle felled by the "Mad Cow" disease. -In the New York Times was an article aboutt an American woman who suffered a miscarrieage and found comfort and understanding in a cutesy Japanese shrine for miscarried babies. My two cent's worth: Japan's greatest achievment is, I believe, their ability to market their culture. Here in the west, we percieve Japanese people as unfailingly and exceedingly honest, dignified, honourable and polite. In fact, North America has such an enchanted view of Japan that some exotic Asian imports are even marketed as Japanese(an example: Korean pears are known here as "Japanese apple-pears"). The voices of the Chinese,Korean,Vietnamese are drowned out by western guilt for dropping the A-bombs. With the bombing, the Japanese managed to hide their tremendous guilt by promote themselves as stoic survivors. The memorials, museums, shrines constantly remind us all about the many Japanese civilians who died then and but nowhere will you see any mention of the countless non-Japanese (slave labourers, POWs) who also died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It's like they never existed, never suffered, and basically they're lives were worth infinately less. Nowhere in Japan will you find a shrine or a monument depicting the countless people who are/were the victims of Japan's unspeakable, heinous, insidious crimes. It seems that to the Japanese, it's only a question of denial and time before their history is completely laundered. To date, they have yet to even acknowlege the issue of "comfort women", slave labourers, and atrocities such as those committed in Nanking. To date, they've denied their crimes; insisted that they were only helping their Asian neighbours develop their economies when Americans dropped the A-bomb; insulted their victims who demand apology and compensation by depicting them as beggars; and finally, when forced, condescendingly mentioned something about "regretting past tensions between their countries". Japanese historians are simply waiting for the few elderly witnesses to die so they can bury the truth. It's as obscene as our own complacency.

M.C.Young / Canada - Monday, April 22, 2002

Dear Mr.Kajimoto, You website is a real eye openner for me.As a canadian chinese residing in Canada I appreciate very much your work on this one of the 20th century most contraversial discussion topic.Are there any new findings on the subject matter after year 2000 ? I like to keep myself updated. Thank you very much.

Larry / Canada - Monday, April 08, 2002

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Wednesday, March 13, 2002

I acquired a pair of fu dogs over 30 years ago that were brought to the US in 1939. They were stated to have been taken to a safe area within Nankin and their given to a missionary as a gift to be taken to safety. They are not very ornate, about 14in tall,50lbs each and made of sandstone. I did take them to the Kimble Museum in Ft Worth 20 years ago and they were authenticated to be approx 800yrs old. I am very interested in finding someone or some place to take them and have further verification. Please advise me at my email (m.d.d.@doctor.com) if you can help. M. Fiasco

M. Fiasco / USA - Sunday, March 10, 2002

Great work!! Your project was a real eye-opener for me in many ways!!

T.K. / Hong Kong - Thursday, March 07, 2002

As a reader from Japan and also a Japanese, I appreciate very much your effort to set the record straight for us and more especially for our future generation.There are many good publication in Japan which tell the unbias truth about Nanking.Not those extreme political Right Wing denier in our country who take complete denial of this horrible atrocity account.They are the very Japanese account who indicated that around 200,000 were killed in Nanking.The Chinese later on put up the figure of around 320,000 by saying that the Japanese soldiers did not take into account the incinerated bodies.Some foreign sources indicated that the killing was around 20,000 on the first two day.Regardless of their accuracy.It is an absolutely undeniable fact that the horrible massacre did in fact taken place in Nanking.It was witness by many of our forefather who faught in China during those years.Three of our emperor Hirohito's uncle who served in the Nanking regiment at that time also witness the killing.So very honestly we Japan did know very well indeed about the massacre.

A Japanese / Japan - Wednesday, February 27, 2002

Excellent site. I saw a programme yesterday on UK TV about Unit 731 and germ warfare experiments on Chinese citizens by the Japanese. Horrific. For the Japanese reader who is tired of being asked to apologise for the atrocities of another generation. All that is asked is that a) the Japanese government apologises on behalf of the wartime government, not Japan as it is now. - The German government has done so many times. b) Reparations are paid to the relatives of those who suffered or were killed. c) The Japanese people, expecially children, are told of the true horror that was inflicted by Hirohito's army, so that such as situation never arises again. After this, I'm sure you won't be bothered so much. Why is it so difficult for Japan to admit it WAS wrong, and yet Germany has constantly shown true remorse for the horrors it once inflicted?

Asitha Rodrigo / United Kingdom - Tuesday, February 05, 2002

I had read a little of Nanjing previously. This site is very well presented and should be included in all those `textbooks` in Japanese schools. If only it were possible. many thanks for this information.

Leonard Sugarman / UK - Sunday, February 03, 2002

What was occurring in the International Settlement prior to & during the Battle of Shanghai? Was there an awareness of the Japanese threat & what measures if any were taken to prevent the attack? Was the opium trade still going on?

J. Smith / U.S.A. - Sunday, January 27, 2002

To Arevalo: Thanks for adding your thoughts to this message board. I would like to set one thing straight. Dr. Wang Weixing is a historian at the Jiangsu Academy of Social Sciences in Nanjing, China. I interviewed him in Nanjing. He is also a member of the Research Center of Nanjing Massacre by the Japanese Aggressors located in Nanjing Normal University in Nanjing, China.

Masato / Japan - Monday, January 14, 2002

I do not agree with the comment and analysis that historian Wang Weixing does over the reason why Japanese troops raped and massacred civilian chinese people. I think his position as professor in Japan prevent him from doing a accurate and realistic statement about the real magnitute of the Nanking killing. He says that we have to "put our emotional feelings aside".. how can a man o woman in its complete sense can read and look at those pictures without feeling disgust, anger, sadness, impotence and a feeling that justice must be done? that is ridiculous.,we are talking about attocities commited against human beings by other human beings, indefenseless women, men and children who were killed withou mercy by men who did not have any respect for the human life. I dont agree with his four aspects he presents and outline , those four aspects do not justify what those japanese soldiers to those innocent victims. They did a crime against humanity.

Caesar Arevalo / USA - Monday, January 14, 2002

Please excuse for me putting forward the following statement: It is not the Japanese Government Policy to rape and torture Chinese.The Japanese Policy during war time were very confusing at first but later on they adopted the policy of divide and conquer.Rape and torture is the by product resulting from that policy.Same as China in her invasion of Tibet in 1950.Divide and conquer of foreign territories who they believed to belong to their rightful ownership form part of their country wide unification policy, rape and torture in foreign land by chinese is also in this sense a by product of this policy of divide and conquer.Rape and torture only resulted from that policy of Divide and Conquer and not the policy in itself.

La / Canada - Friday, January 11, 2002

A very thoroughly researched and presented webpage on the Nanking Atrocity. It is so sad to see someone like Mark Kerr who undoutedly show tremendous sympathy to the chinese victim in Nanking to unjustly critise your work.A small Japanese perspective does not mean full perspective.Afterall you are Japanese but you have gathered many sources other than just from Japanese.I have got a feeling that he saw your Japanese name and automatically draw his own conclusion to reject the content of your site.I am chinese and I find your research very objective.To me it is just fair to include other minor views like those of the Ring Wing Denial to the analysis form a wider scope. Deniers are deniers. They will never change.There are many deniers too in our mother China.All denials from the iron and steel production from the great leap to the recent massacre at Tianneman square and the floods in 1998. There are undoubtedly poeple who criticise your work.Those who show tremendous pride for the loss victims in Nanking as unsung hero which anything Japanese will sound to them war and enemy.At least I wouldn't.Very contrary I have not seen any Japan Right Wing Denial who send their criticism to your site.I guess Japanese in general are very respectful of each other.

La / Canada - Friday, January 11, 2002

Anyone KNow where to locate a copy of McGee's Testament (may also be China Inaded)?

Charles Bland / USA - Wednesday, December 26, 2001

I took an interest in checking this out after doing some research on the Japanese atrocities in the Pacific during WW2. I found executions of Australian POW's by beheading inflammatory, but after reading about Nanking and the subsequent denials strengthens my resolve that these animals can put forward whatever excuses, arguments or ignorance to their conduct, but there remains no acceptable justification. Sweeping it under the doormat doesn't mean it's gone. Thanks for the enlightenment. Daryl Parker, Melbourne, Australia

daryl parker / Australia - Wednesday, December 26, 2001

i still have tears in my eyes after seeing in tv about the nanjing masacare , from where the hell did they had so much cruelty , no mercy ? i hope all this generation of soldiers disapear forever

ben / israel - Monday, December 17, 2001

A very objective site. Good work!

He Bin / China - Tuesday, December 11, 2001

In fact on second reading, your pages presented mainly from Japanese's propaganda perspective disguised as scholarly work with only light scattering of Chinese sources. This is either a lack of attempt in your project or purpose masking of the true atrocities perpectuating right winged Japanese views with a guise of being scholarly.

Mark Kerr / USA - Tuesday, December 04, 2001

I felt your site trivialized the scope of the events by projecting the image that it was the result individual groups of Japanese soldiers bandits that conducted atrocities. That was not the case. It was Japanese military policy to rape and treat Chinese with as little regard as possible. Maybe good enough effort to satisfy a degree requirement but hardly impartial.

Mark Kerr / USA - Tuesday, December 04, 2001

this is a great source for my students umk but you need to up date it umk but thanks for doing this great report umk thanks Lund

jeff lund / us - Wednesday, November 28, 2001

Great site! Your masters project helped me immensely in my research project and also in understanding my ancestry. Throughout my childhood, my parents have mentioned the "terrible crimes committed by the Japanese," but I never really paid much attention until I came across your site. Your well-researched and unbiased documentary opened my eyes and influenced me to write my paper on the Nanking Atrocities. I'd like to thank you for providing this informative resource. One question through, in Iris Chang's book, she claims that the Japanese soldiers at the time believed that raping virgins gave them supernatural powers which allowed them to be better warriors. Does this sort of explain the high number of adult anime movies wherein women are apparently forced into sexual acts against their will?

Ming Yu / Canada - Sunday, November 25, 2001

To Thorsten: Thank you for adding an entry to the message board... ah... just to clear my name, I wrote "They elected a German businessman of Siemens China Corporation, John Rabe, as its chair presumably for not only his character but also his status as a Nazi (Japan and Germany signed the bilateral Anti-Comintern Pact in 1936)." in the introduction of Safety Zone found at http://web.missouri.edu/~jschool/nanking/Terror/terror_02.htm

Masato / Japan - Friday, November 16, 2001

Hey, you've gone a great way not to write that the leading member of the Nanking-Comittee (Mr. Rabe) was a Nazi. In fact, he was the head of the NSDAP in Nanking. And that was the only reason, why the Japanese kind of accepted the "Demilitarised Zone". But for all you Americans out there: there was not even ONE good German in the years from 1939-1945. Just for the sake of writing down *real* history... THW

Thorsten Wei?enberger / Germany - Thursday, November 15, 2001

Your presentation is one of the most thorougly research piece of work I have ever come across on Nanking Atrocity. It is quite shocking and very sad to know that nowadays some small sagment of the Japanese society still deny the solid proofen existant of this world phenomena.Nobody can give an exact answer as to why such horrible atrocity as well as the holocaust of 6 million Jews in Europe can happen under the hand of the two world most cultured and civilised nation.One possible explanation is the ideology of facism which is nation self patriotism in the form of voluntary violence against the false illusion of fear of extingsion of nationhood.This can not only happen in Japan but also in other nation.The most basic target of violence is actually fear itself.

John / Canada - Tuesday, November 13, 2001

I am appaled at the way in which these nations are allowed to publicly deny any involvment in such atrocities. The whole world knows the truth so why do we tolorate the lies and why do we allow these people to walk tall and look down on other nations when they are the people who should still today bow thier heads with shame and disgust at what they did. I dislike the japenese people for thier sheer lack of deceny by failing to apologise for the misery and suffering they caused.I will never until the day I die understand why? or how they could have carried out such ghastly acts against men women and children. I put it down to the fact that they themselves are an inferior race and should have been totaly wiped from the face of the earth at the end of the war, I mean why stop at only 2 atom bombs when we could have cleared out the whole of this trouble some race. I know talking in this way makes me sound just like them but I firmly believe an eye for an eye. I find also that the germans too have allowed to become complacent and we must keep on reminding them that they too were involved in genocide. I along with thousands of others hate the way in which they stroll around again believing that they are supirior to all else. I cannot stand that sort of arogance and hope that one day they too will be brought back down to earth with a bump.

Danny Jeffereys / England - Sunday, November 11, 2001

Probably the most balance site available for the discussion of Nanking on the net. I must command your effort. Although the Japanese Atrocities mainly center around Nanking and Unit 731, it is sad that we forget the fact that even more were murder during other occupation by the imperial army. Sadder still are those that do not remember, understand or know of what had occurred.

CalitoZ / Canada - Sunday, October 21, 2001

I was born in Nanjing. My mother was born in Nanjing. Both sets of my grandparents were born in Nanjing. When the Japanese entered, only my mother's mother still remained in Nanjing (my father's side had already moved to Shanghai and my mother's father went as a student with the government to Chongqing). I've been exposed to tales of these atrocities since I was four. My grandmother was lucky--the Japanese held her captive only for a few minutes while they questioned her about her lieutenant brother, then released her when they figured she couldn't cough up information without torture or rape. She'd witnessed it all, from the assaults to the molestations to the slaughters. I'd like to thank you and all the others who've dedicated time and effort to making sites commemorating this event. Let us all work together to reach final justice.

David Zhang / US - Sunday, October 07, 2001

I am a high school student from Taiwan, the Republic of China, and my granpa was a member of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's Chinese Air Force during World War 2!! He was nearly killed while he was in Shanghai in 1937!! He had very bad feeling about the Japanese soldiers in China just like other veterans of the Chinese Nationalist Military units!! He even killed a Japanese soldier when he arrived at Taiwan after WWII!! One of Japanese soldier treated my granpa very rule after they surrendered so my granpa just killed him!! He was sent to jail for three days only!! Many veterans of ROC military force hated the Japanese soldiers even more than the Communist soldiers, and now most of them don't have that much anti-Communist feeling, but their anti-Japaneses feeling is still strong!!!

Samuel Hui / Taiwan, the Republic of China - Saturday, September 29, 2001

Somewhere I heard that a former head of SONY came from the Imperial Army. Is that true?

Hugo Lowenstein / USA - Saturday, September 15, 2001

I am deeply disturb by Koizumi recent to the tokyo war shrine lately. The japanese refusal of apology and their denial to their past atrocities also greatly angered many of the victims that had once being mistreated by them.I believe the people that survive under the japan reign will appreciate and forgive the japanese if they have the guts to admit wrong and repent to their past misdoings.If history is distorted(histroy textbook issue),so will the minds of the future generation.This will in turn drive the minds of the young back to extreme imperialism before the war.

Wong Kwok Yew / Singapore - Tuesday, August 21, 2001

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Masato / Japan - Tuesday, July 24, 2001

I've been doing business in Asia-Pac and been to Nanking several times. Nowadays you can see Japanese business men and tourists in big cities like Shanghai or Beijing, but it's very rare to see any Japanese company or even Japanese in Nanking. Nanking people just cannot forget and some would never forgive. I actually met someone who was only 10-year old in 1937 and who saw his mother and 2 little sister got raped. Only 2 of 9 people in his 3-generation family survived with unforgettable pain. No way th is guy would forget the crimes Japanese did to him. It's hard to describe or imagine until you actually visit Nanking and see all the monuments, photograph, and documents, and talk to local people. Many of them still don't understand how and why this coul d happen. Me either.

K. Delon / France - Tuesday, July 24, 2001

Thank you for your professional work. My wish is to see this site in Japanese language so that more Japanese can better understand the Nanking atrocities.

Hideo Yamazaki / USA - Sunday, July 15, 2001

I am westener, 19 years old, living in Japan with my girlfriend. Since about 1 week ago, I didn't know anything about Japanese War Crimes. I just thought they were victims of the A-Bombs. But then I found a chinese site about Nanjing Massacre, by coinc ident, and did a lot of research for this topic on the net. I found a lot of good sites with eye whitness reports of both sides and more. And every time again, when I thought I already read the worst, something even more cruelsome shocked me. It is just U NBELIEVABLE. This site is very good and informative, but still, it doesn't show the gruel of thoose days like some other sites I visited does. And I can't avoid it, but since I read about this (especially Nanjing and Unit 731) I think different. Everytime I talk to a japanese man (the man in the shop, restaurant, ....) I just think what will happen if there are no rules? What would he do? I think, they just act like humans because they are forced to do so by law. Not because of their conscience, feelings or respect for other human beings. But what if situation changes, like in China during War. Their greatfathers did that crimes, they educated their fathers and, finally, they educated the today's generation. Could they really change so much during this sh ort time? Well, I know, I like to live here, it's beautiful and I also like the people. I always did and don't want to blame the japanese people in gerneral (where I found so many good and warmhearted friends) But still, I cannot avoid this thinking ..... . what happened is so barbaric, I am sure, if I wouldn't know it really took place, I would NEVER believe humans would be able to do that.....

Marco / Japan - Saturday, July 07, 2001

Can anyone tell me how to get in contact with members of the Alliance in Memory of Victims of the Nanjing Massacre? Their website has an defunct email address & letters to their organization are returned. I can be reached at seeleyjh@hotmail.com Thank you! JHS

JHS / USA - Monday, June 18, 2001

I personally greatly thank people who participate in making this web-site. Japanese invansion in China has been well taught and well known to Chinese students. This issue has been debated over and over for the past 50 years. However, I just want to say that Chinese shall not live in a self-pity environment or world anymore. Wake up, Chinese people, it is time to build up a great nation that will never fall and always defend for its people againt invansion in any form from fro eigners! We, as a part of the global nation, shall live on with dignity on the earth from now till the end of the world.

A Chinese / Taiwan - Monday, June 11, 2001

Excellent piece of work.Having watched a documentary on Discovery Channel recently about the Nanking massacre I wished to learn more of these horrible acts. I am glad to have visited your site.

Michael / Republic of Ireland - Tuesday, June 05, 2001

I have read Iris Chang book on The Rape of Nanking.Now I have the opportunity to read your most professional and well researched site on the Nanking Atrocities.Outrage rather than true understanding of the overall historical perspective is the theme of Iris Chang's book which is very simillar to David Bergamini's Japan Imperial Conspiracy.There are many errors in Iris Chang's book which are subsequently being pointed out by chinese and japanese scholars. For anyone who are genuiene in seeking true understanding about the atrocities,I strongly recommend your site.

Jim / USA - Friday, June 01, 2001

Very impressive and very helpful. One question: What do you think about Iris Chang's book? Thanks.

Christopher Gan / USA - Thursday, May 31, 2001

For the past few months I have been trying to refer people who visited those revionist or denial websites to come to visit your website.Some of them are quite reluctant to do so because this site is hosted by a Japanese. After a few try they come to li sten to me and I hope they do visit your site. Sincerely, Larry

Larry / Canada - Wednesday, May 30, 2001

I am conducting research on atrocities for a debate, and I found this site very useful. I also thought the site was very professional, and in no way disrespectful to those who suffered in The Nanking Atrocities. -=Archea47=- www.ArcheaHacking.com

-=Archea47=- / USA - Tuesday, May 29, 2001

i really like your website and hope there's more of these website out there -- preferably in Chinese. Your web site is very good because looks at the bigger picture --- most chinese websites just go on and on about the 300,000 dead. Your web site makes people realize that things happen for reasons --- most chinese i know seems to prefer the racist idea that Japanese are just "barbaric animals". I am too scared to speak up to them but i know what we did during the Cultural Revolution, and if it's any en lightenment at all: when China captured Nanking during the Taiping Rebellion about 70 years before Japan, they slaughtered the whole city way worse than Japan did. We are all capable of the unthinkable and we must all guard against the darkness. (not just the Japanese and Nazis)

louis yang / usa - Monday, May 28, 2001

An extemely well presented full of historical evidence and detail piece of work on this horrible human tragedy we owe to the chinese people for the mistake committed by our forefather.

Sato / Japan - Thursday, May 17, 2001

A very thorough and comprehensive website. There are a few revisionist website with thier side of story and interpretation from their set of figures which often confuse and misguide other people especially those who have little or no knowledge on the N anking Massacre. Their guestbook are full of resentment but somehow most of them lack some supporting documentation and statistics to justify their point.You may consider creating a new website to challenge their findings.

Larry / Canada - Thursday, May 10, 2001

Kajimoto San, Thank you for your great effort in putting up this excellent website with unbias and very balance contents.Now I have a much better understanding of the overall picture of the massacre.

Larry Man / Canada - Thursday, May 03, 2001

We can only reflect the memories of the war through the acknowledgement of our painful past. We (the chinese) can no longer remain eccentric, we need to pick up the responsibility that we have forgo for so long through out history. History that remains a scar in the spirits of all chinese people. Humiliation and smear of dignity among the chinese in the past shouldn't be forgotten. It should serve as a reminder, a reminder to live by. A reminder of our shamefull past in hoping for a sense of unity amon g us. Together we can topple even the highest mountain of the world.

JP YANG / USA - Tuesday, May 01, 2001

hello.. very imformative page.. and it seems like you are japanese.. if you are japanese.. i'm very proud of you for actually acknowledging such a thing happened since most japs had denied it in the pass.. keep up the work. thanks

pamela / USA - Sunday, April 22, 2001

Some in Japan claim that it never happened. Learn about the arguments of denial at: http://www.japanecho.co.jp/docs/html/250413.html

Dan / Canada - Wednesday, April 18, 2001

A picture is worth a thousand words: http://www.nanking.org/

Dan Johnson / Canada - Wednesday, April 18, 2001

Thank you for a detailed and non-biased documentary, Kajimoto-san. I only wish I'd have known earlier.

merle / the netherlands - Tuesday, April 17, 2001

Going through this site gave me a sense that the author tries to justify the atrocities of the Japanese during the Nanking massacre somehow with bits of incoherence and doubtfulness. I do not see how the killings of an estimated 30 million chinese can be justified in any way. If the Japanese killed because the Chinese killed their comrades in Shanghai, the reason is very unjustifiable because it was the Japanese who first decided to come and conquer China. You can't blame the Chinese for defending t hemselves. Even though the complexities of the war cannot be generalized, I believe that both sides should come to a consensus. I believe that in an absolutely necessary war, one should fight with mercy, not the selfish and cowardly attitude that if you don't kill them, they kill you. I also believe that there are many ways in which the mass killings of civilians can be reconciled. One of them is having both sides, especially Japan, admitting its faults and apologizing. It may not be an end-all panegyr ic, but it is a good first step to quench the unrest of the atrocities of war. Both sides should humble themselves in the apology; neither should justify themselves in any way because that would mean you still believe you are not at fault.

Di / USA - Sunday, April 15, 2001

After studying the Nanking Massacre for my own undergraduate dissertation I would like to thank Masato Kajimoto for his excellent website and his advice. It is a fitting tribute to the hundreds of thousands of innocent Chinese who were butchered in Nankin g and to the superhuman efforts of the members of the International Safety Zone Committee, headed by John Rabe who volunteered to remain in Nanking during the terror and protect its inhabitants as best they could. Despite revisionists who deny the scale or even the fact that the Rape of Nanking occurred the truth cannot be denied, especially as there are still survivors in China who live everyday with the memories of this most tragic event. As do survivors of the E uropean holocaust which is part of my own heritage. War crimes in every country should be condemned, as another contributor has said it is not a Japanese problem but a human issue and it is sad to note that as many atrocities occur in our era, just look a t the Bosnian conflict. However it is with education and with the study of history that hopefully we will all learn that racial hatred is abhorrent. Joel Seager (joelseager@hotmail.com)

Joel Seager / England - Friday, April 06, 2001

the nanking masscre was absolutelt attrocious!!!

mia / australia - Friday, April 06, 2001

This is one of the most emotionally striking internet sites i have ever visted. Your search of truth is highly commendable and i praise you for your courage and boldness.

Collins Esguerra / USA - Tuesday, March 27, 2001

This is an excellent site. The meticulous research is evident and fortifies the well-developed ideas laid out by the author. Extremely informative and never suggestive.

Kieran Halloran / Canada - Sunday, March 18, 2001

I was impressed by your excellent work. Thank you for your bringing the truth and facts to the world. Admire you.

John Adonis / USA - Thursday, March 15, 2001

Thank you for bringing the truth to the surface and telling it as it is. God Bless!

Tony Young / United States - Thursday, March 15, 2001

Very interesting and well set out site. Hopefully atrocities such as this will not be forgotten with time.

Stuart McElroy / Scotland - Wednesday, March 14, 2001

I been trying to find this video I saw as a little girl, I saw it about 1994-1995, the video was about the Nanking, I'm sure of it, I rememberd I cried because the japanese was raping this pregnant woman which happened to be Japanese but they didn't kn ow it. The story goes that this jap. woman marries a chinese man, but with the fall of a city, they get captured, from getting her husband killed she says he's japanese also. I only remember bits and pieces, it was like a movie, it might have subtitles. I f anyone knows what this movie is called or any info please tell me. Thank. Email me at athena1027@hotmail.com

Yvonne / USA - Thursday, March 08, 2001

I guess the saying, 'the devil made me do it' can only be true of the Japanese soldiers who committed the atrocities.Whatever the excuse, the Japanese soldiers showed consistent cruelty wherever they went in Asia during the War. My father, 82 years old now, tells me how cruel the Japanese soldiers were when they occupied Penang (Malaya) between 1942-45. The conditions there and in Singapore were so congenial, yet their atrocities were similar to those perpetrated in Nanjing. What turned ordinary Japane se into such heinous killers and sadistic torturers? I guess, I'll have to come back to my first statement because I can't find any other reason. If there is consolation for any Japanese still feeling guilty about what he did, it is that God forgives...th ough man may not. I was pleased to see a photo of a Christian Japanese soldier who brought biscuits, soap and towel to the refugees. He must have been a rare specimen. When I am tempted to hate a Japanese for the atrocities of Nanjing, I remember the Chin ese, under Mao and the mad Red Guards slaughtered more of their own than the Japanese. Then I realise it is not a racial problem but a human one. Hate is the fuel of the devil for making people do grotesque and evil things to each other. I bear the Japane se no grudge but pray they may be truthful and not exacerbate the hurt and suffering of the Chinese and insult their memory of those who died at Nanjing by wild claims the whole thing was fabricated. The Japanese can only truly be liberated when they know the truth and learn to atone for the past by not repeating the mistake in future. The Nanjing Atrocities is an indictment of Japanese society and the way things were done to have allowed it to happen. Will it happen again? I hope not.

Steve Oh / Australia - Monday, March 05, 2001

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Mark Elliott / United States - Friday, March 02, 2001

I am in need of help. My family was gifted the pistol (personal weapon) of General Nakajima Kesago (Commander of the 16th Army and Chief of the Kempei Tai) We received this piece of history in 1963 as it was given to my grandfather by Colonel Harwood Mitchell(provo marshall) and it was given to him by Colonel Itsu Hota(Intelligence Officer) in the year of 1944.(during the first american occupation of Japan) I have a letter from Colonel Mitchell stating these facts, however would like to further authenticate this piece. Any direction or help you would be able to give would be greatly appreciated. Thank You, Mark C. Elliott

Mark Elliott / United States - Friday, March 02, 2001

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Thursday, February 01, 2001

Muitos s? os conflitos que, apesar de passarem desapercebidos pelos grandes meios de comunica?o, causam o sofrimento e a morte e milhares de pessoas inocentes em todo o mundo. ? preciso gritar forte contra o absurdo de toda e qualquer guerra, estupid ez insensata de quem n? sabe ou n? que saber que somos todos irm?s. Obrigada por n? deixarem cair no esquecimento o triste sofrimento das v?imas de Nanking. ? preciso lutar para que nunca mais se repita coisas como essas e todos possamos viver em paz e prosperidade

Irm·Maria Renata / Brasil - Tuesday, January 23, 2001

This is a subject of much fascination with me. I used to live in South Korea and had the opportunity to visit China and I made a trip to Nanjing last spring. Bringing this horrible event of history to the attention of the world is a very noble and wo rthy cause and honors those who needlessly died. Please keep up the excellent work and work toward vindication of the victims. Thank you.

Steve O'Brien / United States of America - Wednesday, December 27, 2000

Congratulations on this excellent documentation! It is valuable not just because of the findings that are presented but also because of the fact, that you as a Japanese scholar take up the subject in the way you did. I may add that the quality of the o nline presentation also is excellent. Since I am currently establishing a (German-language) online-platform on Asia (inside-a.com) I will certainly include a link to this site in order to get more people to visit. Tilman Lesche (lesche@inside-a.com)

Tilman Lesche / Germany - Monday, November 27, 2000

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Masato Kajimoto / Japan - Tuesday, October 24, 2000

Very nice site and very well done research. Also like the photos of todays Nanking. To TJ: History Channel did an hour documentary about Nanking. Also Iris Chang wrote a book about this, though her book is somewhat contreversial and has a pretty negative tone against Japanese. Noneless still a very interesting reading.

AP / USA - Monday, October 23, 2000

Nice piece. Good luck!!!

Fellowgams / The Gambia - Tuesday, October 17, 2000

Nanking Massacre BBS http://disc.server.com/Indices/130777.html

n.takei / nihon - Sunday, October 15, 2000

I am shocked that this horrible incident is not more well known to Americans. I have never heard of The Nanking Massacre, and in disbelief that the Japanese were so brutal and savage. I think this site is well done in explaining what happened and helps to prevent the 300,000 people from being forgotten.

T.J smith / U.S.A - Monday, October 09, 2000