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japanese teacher tamaki matsuoka seek torn memories of nanjing
Tamaki Matsuoka (松岡 環, Matsuoka Tamaki, born 1947 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese activist who challenges Japanese perceptions of the country’s war crimes in the Rape of Nanking during Second Sino-Japanese War.
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- japanese teacher tamaki matsuoka seek torn memories of nanjing
- Meet tamaki matsuoka courageous tenacious fighter of justice
- Criticism
- Publications
- References
Being a primary school teacher in Matsubara, Osaka teaching history subject, Matsuoka felt she needed to tell the truth about Japanese war crimes to her students. She went to Nanjing, China for several times to interview hundreds of Japanese veterans and Chinese survivors, and publish books and films showing their memories after Japan captured Nanking. Her works include the 2009 documentary Torn Memories of Nanjing.
Matsuoka is a member of the Japan-China Peace Research Organization which attends the memorial ceremony at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing on August 15 every year to show the regrets of Japanese people to the war crimes.
Meet tamaki matsuoka courageous tenacious fighter of justice
Criticism
Katsuichi Honda, one of the first journalists to research and expose the Nanking Massacre, considers Matsuoka's work to be flawed. Notably, most of her sources are anonymous, despite the lack of any apparent reason for retaining anonymity, and there is no way to confirm their accounts.
Publications
The following are her books, as listed in WorldCat:
Nanjing zhan : xun zhao bei feng bi de ji yi : qin hua Ri jun yuan shi bing 102 ren de zheng yan = Nanjingzhan : xunzhaobeifengbidejiyi : qinhuarijunyuanshibing102rendezhengyan. Shanghai : Shanghai ci shu chu ban she, 2002.