What the records say
- When
- 1937
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 211
- Coordinates
- 32.06° N, 118.78° E
- Description
- 1937 event during the Japanese invasion of China
Placed at the capital of Kiangsu.
Hundred man killing contest
1937 event during the Japanese invasion of China
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 Japanese invasion of China. The articles described two Imperial Japanese Army officers, Toshiaki Mukai and Tsuyoshi Noda, competing to see who could kill 100 people with a sword first while advancing toward Nanjing.
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