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A governor of Japan’s public broadcaster NHK has denied that the Nanjing Massacre in China ever took place. Up to 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were killed by Japanese troops in the city of Nanjing, in the winter of 1937 to 1938.[Detail]
21 (Xinhua) -- A Japanese politician's blunt denial of a massacre that claimed the lives of 300,000 people has sparked the ire of the Chinese public."It is utterly shocking to hear a descendant of the Japanese invaders deny the atrocities of the Nanking Massacre," said Zhu Chengshan, president of the memorial hall.[Detail]
TOKYO, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Mayor of Japanese city of Nagoya Takashi Kawamura said at a debate of the city's mayoral election on Monday that he will not withdraw his denial on Nanjing Massacre that more than 300,000 Chinese were killed by Japanese Imperial Army in 1937, according to Japan's local media.Kawamura told a Chinese delegation came from Nanjing in February 2012 that the Nanjing Massacre was probably not exist and the killed were normally died in war.[Detail]
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