A Japanese lawyer introduces the "killing contest" case in Tokyo August 23, 2005. The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday rejected a suit against Japanese newspapers for compensation filed by the families of two Japanese military officers who were reported to kill more than 100 Chinese people each in a "contest" in the Nanjing Massacre committed by Japanese invading troops in 1937. (Xinhua Photo)
A Japanese lawyer and former Asahi Shimbun journalist Katsuichi Honda (R) read the judgment of the "killing contest" case in Tokyo August 23, 2005. (Xinhua Photo)
The Mainichi Shimbun reported in 1937 that, on the way to attacking Nanjing with their troops, Toshiaki Mukai and Takeshi Noda were competing for the glory of being the first to have killed 100 Chinese. In the contest, Mukai killed 106 and Noda scored 105. (Xinhua Photo)
