http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/eyeoneastasia/story/0,4395,277905,00.html

Nanjing massacre cartoon killed

TOKYO - A major Japanese publisher said it will delete a controversial depiction of the 1937 Nanjing massacre from a comic book, following protests from politicians who claim that it 'distorts history'.

Mr Hiroshi Motomiya, a 57-year-old cartoonist, came under fire for drawing pictures of brutal acts by Japanese soldiers in China next to a photograph.

The cartoon, published in the Weekly Young Jump comics magazine, told the story of a young bureaucrat as Japan headed for World War II and rose from the ashes after its defeat.

In the magazine's Sept 16 and 22 editions, the strip depicted Japanese soldiers slashing Chinese captives forced to line up for execution.

Forty-seven members of local assemblies protested to the publisher last week, saying that the massacre was presented as if it were the truth.

China says some 300,000 civilians were butchered when Japanese troops embarked on an orgy of destruction, rape and murder. Allied trials of Japanese war criminals documented 140,000 victims.

However, some Japanese right-wingers have claimed that the massacre never took place and say that photographs and other evidence documenting it are fakes. -- AFP

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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20041014a3.htm

Politicians block comic over 'fake' Nanjing Massacre tale

Shueisha Inc. said Wednesday it will halt publication of a "manga" comic featuring the Nanjing Massacre of 1937 in response to complaints by Japanese politicians who claim the slaughter never happened.
The comic series "Kuni ga Moeru" ("The Country is Burning"), authored by popular comic writer Hiroshi Motomiya, is a fictional tale about a bureaucrat in the turbulent times of the early Showa Era (1926-1989).

Publication of the series, which has been carried in Weekly Young Jump magazine since November 2002, will be temporarily suspended from the Oct. 28 edition. Weekly Young Jump is popular among Japanese men.

In the magazine's Sept. 16 and Sept. 22 editions, the comic described Japanese soldiers massacring civilians in Nanjing, China.

Thirty-seven members of local assemblies protested to the publisher on Oct. 5, saying the massacre was presented as if it really happened. They say the story deliberately distorted history by using a photo whose authenticity they claim cannot be confirmed.

According to the assembly members, there is strong evidence that the massacre never happened and that there is no proof that it did.

A Shueisha representative said: "Some people say the photo used for reference in the drawing cannot be authenticated. It was inappropriate to use such material."

"The parts related to the use of the photo as pointed out will be edited or deleted when the comic book is published," Shueisha said in reply to the complaint.

The Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal concluded that more than 140,000 people were killed. Some Chinese historians put the death toll at 300,000 in Nanjing alone. Japanese accounts vary from several thousand to 200,000 dead.

The Japan Times: Oct. 14, 2004
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http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/story/0,4386,277361,00.html

Cartoon strip on Nanjing massacre draws flak

TOKYO - A popular Japanese cartoonist has come under fire for depicting the Japanese imperial army carrying out brutal acts in the 1937 Nanjing massacre, a report has said.

The publisher of the Weekly Young Jump comics magazine had received strong protests for printing the 'inappropriate' strip by 57-year-old cartoonist Hiroshi Motomiya last month, the conservative Sankei Shimbun daily said on Saturday.

The cartoon is titled Kuni-ga Moeru, which means 'the country burns', and tells the story of a young bureaucrat in the years when Japan was heading into World War II before rising from the ashes after its defeat.

An excerpt from the strip depicts Japanese soldiers slashing Chinese captives lined up for execution, with comrades cheering the gruesome scene.

The Sankei did not say who had made the protests, but the Kyodo news agency reported that those responsible included a group of 37 members of local assemblies. -- AFP

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