Mr. Makoto Tanabe, the 11th Chairman of the Japan Socialist Party (now renamed as the Social Democratic Party) is said to have requested China to establish Nanjin Massacre Memorial Hall when he visited Nanjing in 1980. However, the Chinese Communist Party was reluctant, citing the lack of fund. He then returned back to Japan and asked the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan founded in 1950 to donate JPN 30 million to the Chinese Communist Party for the establishment of Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall. Although its actual cost was JPY8.7 million, what's left is said to have been divided and pocketed by the Communist members concerned with its establishment. The memorial hall was designed by a Japanese architect. http://bit.ly/eL5x8p
Mr. Tanabe was enthusiastic about the promotion of Japan-North Korea friendly relationship as shown in his visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 1990 up until the abduction of the Japanese nationals by DPRK was finally confirmed by DPRK in 2002. He then strongly protested against DPRK that he was deceived by them and terminated his long-lasting relationship with DPRK. http://bit.ly/el3pEj
Note: The General Council of Trade Unions of Japan was the largest labor union before the end of the Greater East Asia War. General Headquarters (called "GHQ" in Japan) headed by General Douglas MacArthur helped reorganize it with much emphasis on political aspects when established on July, 1950. Although at its inception, it was characterized by anti-communism, it soon turned into anti-U.S.A. , supporting the Japan Socialist Party. Then, an American officer in charge of labor union at GHQ was so upset about it and said "It's the lame duck organization."
日本が知る南京事件は、これだ。重光中華公使報告書よりNanking Incident We know of
和二年三月二十四日国民軍南京ニ攻入リタル際不秩序ナル国民軍兵士及無頓ノ徒ハ在留日本人ノ家宅店舗ヲ襲撃シテ掠奪ヲ恣ニシ旦多数ノ居留民（婦女子ヲ含ム）ニ暴行障害ヲ加ヘタリ。特に注目スヘキハ日本領事ニ暴行ヲ加ヘ又領事館ヲ掠奪シタルコトニシテ領事館ノ物品ハ一物モナクナリ盗出セリ。又適々救護ノ為赴キタル帝国海軍ノ軍人一名ハ流弾に当リ死亡セリ。右事件ニ依ル日本人ノ被害者ハ五十一戸、死者一名財産上ノ損害見積リ二百三十一万ニ上レリ。
重光中華公使報告書より
The translation below is provisional and subject to change.
When the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) attacked Nanking on March 24, 1927, the Chinese soldiers disobedient to the army regulations and Chinese civilians totally indifferent to the laws and orders relentlessly attacked and indulged in looting the Japanese residences and shops. They furthermore inflicted violent acts and injuries on the Japanese residents (including children and women). A particular attention must be paid to the fact that they even attacked a consul at Consulate of Japan in Nanking and plundered every item.
One soldier of our Imperial Japanese Navy who came to rescue them was killed by a stray bullet. In the incident, Japanese citizens of 51 households suffered damages and one soldier was killed. Total damages were estimated to be more than 2.31 million Yen. -from a report made by Mr. Mamoru Shigemitsu, Minister of Consulate-General of Japan in China.
Note: 2.31 million Yen is estimated to be 1.3 billion Yen at the current value.
Visit "Voice of Japan via Tweeting" at The genesis No.2 (Part Two)-A Question over the Japanese Leftists' Concept of Peace just find out how dirty China has been often in collaboration with U.S.A. and others.
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