Mizushima Plans Revisionist Nanjing Massacre Documentary

the "myth" of nanjing massacre? that's despicable. just as bad as holocaust revisionism, IMO

Why o Why. This is same business between Armenian and Turks. If Turks and Japanese admit their forefather mistakes the healing will begin. Who cares if it was 200 people or 200,000 atrocity is atrocity. The pride will be the end of all of us.

Great... All this is going to do is fan the flames even more between China and Japan. I guess my grandparents were wrong about the horrors that they saw, because the documentary says so. Why can't we just make peace and move on. Even Jet Li's "Fearless" tries to show that there are good and bad people in every race.

Because of this film, I'm getting rid of my Sony Vaio and Camery. No more Japanese products.

It's shame for japanese doing such thing. That was animal, inhumanity. I'm very sick with the japanese they call them self high cultural society but infact they are animal whose covered with a lie. When american dropping their atomic bomb little boy and fatman to their beautiful town HIROSHIMA and NAGASAKI it was punishment for them. how is it their feeling when the bomb blasting their home? It was punishment because their action to every country in ASIA. GOD have punishment the japanese it self. Japanese doing that action not only in nanjing it self but all over the asia like my country did. We hope it will not happen in the future. May humanity live peace together. No more fight, only love can live i this world peace.

There are huge gap of information here.
I work for Japanese Tv station for 13 years and never have I heard of this "Veteran"Mizushima chap.I've only read about his "plan" of the production of the documentary on Japan Times.Almost all of Japanese national media had ignored this for his project is interested by the periphery of the society.So far it is still unknown whether this "documentary" will actually be made.Considering this,there is a little chance of Mizushima become the Japanese Micahel Moore.

The Nanjing massacre IS taught in Japanese history textbook and covered frequently in national media.The death toll refered by Jon here is 200000 and I don't know exactly where he got this number but the most frequently used number is 300000 and victims are mostly civillians.(340000 min. according to Chang's book)The debate starts from here for many veterans and historians in Japan thinks death tolls are somewhere between 30000 to 50000 and mostly disarmed Kuomingtang soldiers.Many rapes and tortures and killings of civillians were recorded in internal document of the imperial army,but few believe
the 300000 toll.As I read about Leonsis's Nanjin doc it seems to be based on Siemens Nanjing manager,John Rabe's diary discovered by Iris Chang.Somehow oddly Rabe's estimation of the victim is close to the Japanese figures that contradicts Chang's.The number of the victims of the japanese agression is steadly on the rise in the last half century.(from 1 and half million in Tokyo trial to 30 million of today).It seems politics had eat up objective histric reaearch here.
The Japanese textbooks cite both Japanese and Chinese estimates in the spirit of what GeneAriani had said.No matter whether the killing is 200 or 20000,atrocity is atrocity.and for that I don't apply Turk-Armenian analogy over debate here.I must say there is a real need of correct coverage on the current state of Japanese WW2 debate.(where I agree that there are needs of criticism and change)The current state reminds me of 80's"Japan Inc buys up the whole world"tone of foreign coverage.
I hate to be seen as siding with Mizushima,but there are too much sensationalism and exaggeration by foreign media over this issue here.

So think again before you through away all the Sonys and Nintendos in your room.Although it is perfectly at your own choice doing so.