Seeking the truth about the Nanjing Massacre, the author carefully examined the stenographic records of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. By analyzing the testimony of Pastor Magee and distinguishing hearsay from firsthand evidence, he reached the conclusion that no large-scale massacre had occurred.

2017-06-14
The following is a continuation of the previous section.
I became convinced that no great massacre had occurred.
In time, a book titled The Illusion of the “Nanjing Massacre” by Akira Suzuki was republished in 2006 by WAC Publishing, and wanting to know the truth, I purchased The Stenographic Records of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East published by Yushodo.
It was a ten-volume set resembling an encyclopedia, and although I really had no obligation to buy such a thing (laughs), I bought it anyway.
I then carefully examined the sections concerning Nanjing and gained the firm conviction that there had been no great massacre.
The reason is that a pastor named Magee gave testimony.
He was a graduate of Yale University and had lived in Nanjing for a long time.
When Japan advanced into Nanjing, foreigners established what was called a Safety Zone, and ordinary civilians also fled there.
Pastor Magee was an American and the head of the Red Cross in Nanjing.
Therefore, even after the Japanese army entered the city, he was able to walk freely anywhere in Nanjing.
This man took the witness stand.
At first, he said things like, “I heard that many people were killed over there,” and “I heard that many people were killed here.”
Then an American lawyer conducted a cross-examination and said, “That is hearsay evidence. How many did you yourself actually see?”
At that point, being a pastor, he must have had his hand on the Bible, and he did not lie. He answered, “One.”
When the lawyer further asked, “Under what circumstances?” he testified, “At the boundary of the Safety Zone, where a Japanese sentry was standing, a young Chinese man tried to run through. The sentry told him to stop, but he did not stop. The sentry chased him and shot him dead.”
This was the only thing he had seen.
On a battlefield, if you are told to stop by a sentry and you do not stop but try to run away, any soldier would shoot you. Even today, if you go to New York and do not stop when a police officer tells you to, wouldn’t you still be shot?
To be continued.