The hundred-man killing contest was a sensationalized story published first in prominent Japanese newspapers including the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun and Osaka Mainichi Shimbun in late 1937 during the
The Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun's news coverage of the event on 13 December 1937. Mukai (left) and Noda (right). The bold headline on the right reads, "Hundred-man killing 'super record': Mukai 106 – 105 Noda: The two second lieutenants to continue the contest in overtime".
Mukai at Sugamo Prison after his arrest by the U.S. Army
Noda at Sugamo Prison after his arrest by the U.S. Army
Noda, center, and Mukai, right, during their trial for war crimes in China. Gunkichi Tanaka is on the left.
The Nanjing Massacre or the Rape of Nanjing was the mass rape and murder, between December 1937 and March 1938, of Chinese civilians, noncombatants, and prisoners of war by the Imperial Japanese Army
Hundred man killing contest
…war crimes and crimes against humanity due to their involvement in atrocities, including the unlawful killing of Chinese POWs and civilians during the Nanjing Massacre, and were executed in 1948. They were not convicted solely on the basis of the contest articles. The news stories were rediscovered in the 1970s, which…
A Japanese soldier pictured with the corpses of Chinese civilians by the Qinhuai River
A Japanese soldier poses with the severed head of one of his victims
Members of the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone, including John Rabe (center) and John Magee (center right)