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The international media reported the Rape of Nanking in great detail. Accept for the Shanghai fighting, this was unusual. It cemented the image of Japan in the in the Western mind thast Jaoan ewas a brutal, barbzorus people. This was esopecilly true in America where the missionary movement was aksoi have a huge impact bon public opinion. Of course very little of this leaked out in Japan where the media was totally controlled by the military. The primary theme was thatJapan was bringing stability and order China which was being terrorized by war lords and bandits. But there was also articls about the brilliant martial achievements of the Japanese Army. We note a newspaper reporting on two officers in acompetiton to cut down as any people as possible. Of course we know that they ahey were involved im murdering innocent civilians. A headline read. " The bold headline reads, "'Incredible Record' - Mukai 106 – 105 Noda—Both 2nd Lieutenants Go Into Extra Innings". We can't read the rest of te articlle, but surely it must have suggested combagt and killing Chinese war lord solduers and banditsterrorizing the poor Chinese people. Apparently the Japanese public bought such nonsence. There were many victories to report in China, but this got a little strained when the Chinese continued to resist and the war draged on. After the War, reports of Japanese atrocities reached the Japanese publicasar of war crune triaks. For the the most part they were dismissd and continue to be dismissed as gross exagerations.
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