Hundred man killing contest
1937 event during the Japanese invasion of China
Hundred man killing contest
The hundred-man killing contest (also known as the Contest to kill 100 people using a sword or Competition that shall determine who is more proficient at slaying one-hundred men exclusively through the art of the blade; Japanese: 百人斬り競争, romanized: hyakunin-giri kyōsō; Chinese: 百人斬比賽; pinyin: Bǎirén zhǎn bǐsài) 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. Reporters covered the "contest" as if it was a sporting event, complete with running tallies and competitive banter. Later, other Japanese newspapers had picked up and reprinted the stories. However modern historians widely regard these newspaper accounts as Japanese wartime propaganda or exaggeration....
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