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The hundred-man killing contest (Japanese: 百人斬り競争, romanized: hyakunin-giri kyōsō, Chinese: 百人斬比賽) was a newspaper account of a contest between Toshiaki Mukai (3 June 1912 – 28 January 1948) and Tsuyoshi Noda (1912 – 28 January 1948), two Japanese Army officers serving during the Japanese invasion of China, over who could kill 100 people the fastest while using a sword.
Toshiaki Mukai (Japanese: 向井 敏明; June 3, 1912 – January 28, 1948) was a Japanese Army officer during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Mukai is best known for his involvement in the Nanking Massacre (1937–1938), where he was implicated in atrocities against Chinese civilians and prisoners of war.
Lieutenants Toshiaki Mukai and Tsuyoshi Noda: The two main participants in the "Contest to kill 100 people using a sword": Both sentenced to death and executed in 1948. Captain Gunkichi Tanaka: Personally killed over 300 Chinese POWs and civilians with his sword during the Nanjing Massacre. Sentenced to death and executed in 1948. [4]
The Tokyo Charter defines war crimes as "violations of the laws or customs of war," [22] which involves acts using prohibited weapons, violating battlefield norms while engaging in combat with the enemy combatants, or against protected persons, [23] including enemy civilians and citizens and property of neutral states as in the case of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 [b] is the second installment in the One Piece: Pirate Warriors series, released for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. It was released in Japan on March 20, 2013, Europe on August 30, 2013, and in the United States on September 3, 2013. [5] [6] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3
Due to the success of the first game, the sequel was released the year following. It was released in Japan on March 20, 2013, [2] Europe on August 30, 2013, and in the U.S. on September 3, 2013. [3] [4] A sequel, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3, was released in March 2015. And a fourth game, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4, was released in March 2020.
Netflix has acquired Nippon TV’s upcoming already completed rom-com drama “Turn to me Mukai-kun.” The series explores the story of a man who has lost touch with the intricacies of a ...
Wazamono (Japanese: 業 （ わざ ） 物 （ もの ）) is a Japanese term that, in a literal sense, refers to an instrument that plays as it should; in the context of Japanese swords and sword collecting, wazamono denotes any sword with a sharp edge that has been tested to cut well, usually by professional sword appraisers via the art of tameshigiri (test cutting).