Nanjing Massacre memorial

NANJING, China, Dec. 15 Kyodo - People pray in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2025, in remembrance of the victims of a 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city. (Kyodo)

Nanjing Massacre memorial

Nanjing Massacre memorial

People pray in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2025, in remembrance of the victims of a 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Nanjing Massacre memorial

Nanjing Massacre memorial

Children pray in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2025, in remembrance of the victims of a 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2025, to remember victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2025, to remember victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2025, to remember victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2025, to remember victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2025, to remember victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

NANJING, China, Dec. 13 Kyodo - A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2024, to mourn the victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city. (Kyodo)

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers observe a moment of silence during a state memorial ceremony held in Nanjing on Dec. 13, 2024, to mourn the victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2024, to mourn the victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2024, to mourn the victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2024, to mourn the victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

New evidence of Nanjing Massacre donated to memorial hall

STORY: New evidence of Nanjing Massacre donated to memorial hall SHOOTING TIME: May 27, 2024 DATELINE: May 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: NANJING, China CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders 2. various of the donation ceremony 3. various of the historical materials donated to the memorial hall 4. various of the Order of Brilliant Jade 5. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHRIS HANKIN, Great-grandson of Charles Henry Riggs 6. various of the copy of a letter that Riggs wrote to his wife 7. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CHRIS HANKIN, Great-grandson of Charles Henry Riggs STORYLINE: Historical materials were donated to a Chinese memorial hall on Monday as new evidence of war crimes related to the 1937 Nanjing Massacre perpetrated by the invading Japanese troops. The descendants of an American named Charles Henry Riggs made a special trip to the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders to donate eight sets of valuabl

Nanjing massacre anniversary

Nanjing massacre anniversary

Nanjing city officials observe a moment of silence to mourn the victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city on Dec. 13, 2023, the 86th anniversary of the incident.

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2023, to mourn the victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

Nanjing Massacre memorial ceremony

A state memorial ceremony is held in Nanjing, China, on Dec. 13, 2023, to mourn the victims of the 1937 massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese Army in the eastern Chinese city.

CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE VICTIMS-CANDLE LIGHT-COMMEMORATION (CN)

CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE VICTIMS-CANDLE LIGHT-COMMEMORATION (CN)

(231213) -- NANJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People attend a candle light vigil at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 13, 2023. In 2014, China's top legislature designated Dec. 13 as the national memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre, which took place when Japanese troops captured the city on Dec. 13, 1937. The Japanese invaders brutally killed approximately 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers in over six weeks, marking one of the most barbaric episodes of World War II. (Xinhua/Liu Wenhui)

CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE VICTIMS-CANDLE LIGHT-COMMEMORATION (CN)

CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE VICTIMS-CANDLE LIGHT-COMMEMORATION (CN)

(231213) -- NANJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A student chorus sings during a candle light vigil at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 13, 2023. In 2014, China's top legislature designated Dec. 13 as the national memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre, which took place when Japanese troops captured the city on Dec. 13, 1937. The Japanese invaders brutally killed approximately 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers in over six weeks, marking one of the most barbaric episodes of World War II. (Xinhua/Liu Wenhui)

CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE VICTIMS-CANDLE LIGHT-COMMEMORATION (CN)

CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE VICTIMS-CANDLE LIGHT-COMMEMORATION (CN)

(231213) -- NANJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A candle light vigil is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 13, 2023. In 2014, China's top legislature designated Dec. 13 as the national memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre, which took place when Japanese troops captured the city on Dec. 13, 1937. The Japanese invaders brutally killed approximately 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers in over six weeks, marking one of the most barbaric episodes of World War II. (Xinhua/Liu Wenhui)

CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE VICTIMS-CANDLE LIGHT-COMMEMORATION (CN)

CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE VICTIMS-CANDLE LIGHT-COMMEMORATION (CN)

(231213) -- NANJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People attend a candle light vigil at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 13, 2023. In 2014, China's top legislature designated Dec. 13 as the national memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre, which took place when Japanese troops captured the city on Dec. 13, 1937. The Japanese invaders brutally killed approximately 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers in over six weeks, marking one of the most barbaric episodes of World War II. (Xinhua/Liu Wenhui)

CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE VICTIMS-CANDLE LIGHT-COMMEMORATION (CN)

CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE VICTIMS-CANDLE LIGHT-COMMEMORATION (CN)

(231213) -- NANJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A candle light vigil is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 13, 2023. In 2014, China's top legislature designated Dec. 13 as the national memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre, which took place when Japanese troops captured the city on Dec. 13, 1937. The Japanese invaders brutally killed approximately 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers in over six weeks, marking one of the most barbaric episodes of World War II. (Xinhua/Liu Wenhui)

CHINA-MACAO-NANJING MASSACRE-COMMEMORATION (CN)

CHINA-MACAO-NANJING MASSACRE-COMMEMORATION (CN)

(231213) -- MACAO, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ho Hau Wah, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, attends a ceremony to mourn the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre in south China's Macao, Dec. 13, 2023. China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Wednesday held a ceremony to mourn the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre. In 2014, China's top legislature designated Dec. 13 as the national memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre. The Nanjing Massacre took place after Japanese troops captured the city in eastern China on Dec. 13, 1937. The Japanese invaders brutally killed approximately 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers in over six weeks in one of the most barbaric episodes related to World War II. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

CHINA-MACAO-NANJING MASSACRE-COMMEMORATION (CN)

CHINA-MACAO-NANJING MASSACRE-COMMEMORATION (CN)

(231213) -- MACAO, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ho Iat Seng, chief executive of China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR), attends a ceremony to mourn the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre in south China's Macao, Dec. 13, 2023. China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Wednesday held a ceremony to mourn the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre. In 2014, China's top legislature designated Dec. 13 as the national memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre. The Nanjing Massacre took place after Japanese troops captured the city in eastern China on Dec. 13, 1937. The Japanese invaders brutally killed approximately 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers in over six weeks in one of the most barbaric episodes related to World War II. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

CHINA-MACAO-NANJING MASSACRE-COMMEMORATION (CN)

CHINA-MACAO-NANJING MASSACRE-COMMEMORATION (CN)

(231213) -- MACAO, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 13, 2023 shows a ceremony to mourn the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre, in south China's Macao. China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Wednesday held a ceremony to mourn the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre. In 2014, China's top legislature designated Dec. 13 as the national memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre. The Nanjing Massacre took place after Japanese troops captured the city in eastern China on Dec. 13, 1937. The Japanese invaders brutally killed approximately 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers in over six weeks in one of the most barbaric episodes related to World War II. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE VICTIMS-COMMEMORATION (CN)

CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE VICTIMS-COMMEMORATION (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students lay flowers to mourn the victims of the Nanjing Massacre on the occasion of the 10th National Memorial Day at the Exhibition Hall of Evidence of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 13, 2023. In 2014, China's top legislature designated Dec. 13 as the national memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre, which took place when Japanese troops captured the city on Dec. 13, 1937. The Japanese invaders brutally killed approximately 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers in over six weeks, marking one of the most barbaric episodes of World War II. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE VICTIMS-COMMEMORATION (CN)

CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE VICTIMS-COMMEMORATION (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People lay flowers to mourn the victims of the Nanjing Massacre on the occasion of the 10th National Memorial Day at the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 13, 2023. In 2014, China's top legislature designated Dec. 13 as the national memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre, which took place when Japanese troops captured the city on Dec. 13, 1937. The Japanese invaders brutally killed approximately 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers in over six weeks, marking one of the most barbaric episodes of World War II. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)

CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE VICTIMS-COMMEMORATION (CN)

CHINA-NANJING MASSACRE VICTIMS-COMMEMORATION (CN)

(231213) -- BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students light candles to mourn the victims of the Nanjing Massacre on the occasion of the 10th National Memorial Day at the 9.18 Historical Museum in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Dec. 13, 2023. In 2014, China's top legislature designated Dec. 13 as the national memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre, which took place when Japanese troops captured the city on Dec. 13, 1937. The Japanese invaders brutally killed approximately 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers in over six weeks, marking one of the most barbaric episodes of World War II. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

China holds 1st national observance of Nanjing Massacre

China holds 1st national observance of Nanjing Massacre

NANJING, China - Honor guards carrying wreaths march on Dec. 13, 2014, during the first national observance ceremony to commemorate the 1937 Nanjing Massacre at the memorial hall for the victims killed by the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. (Pool photo)

Xi urges Japan to own up to responsibility for Nanjing Massacre

Xi urges Japan to own up to responsibility for Nanjing Massacre

NANJING, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses a ceremony to mark China's first National Memorial Day of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing on Dec. 13, 2014. Xi called on Japan to own up to responsibility for the tragedy, saying that acknowledgment of the two countries' troubled past is crucial to improving relations. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)

Xi urges Japan to own up to responsibility for Nanjing Massacre

Xi urges Japan to own up to responsibility for Nanjing Massacre

NANJING, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping (3rd from R) unveils a bronze ceremonial vessel to mark China's first National Memorial Day of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing on Dec. 13, 2014. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)

China's Xi deplores Nanjing Massacre denials

China's Xi deplores Nanjing Massacre denials

NANJING, China - Photo taken on Dec. 13, 2014, shows people gathering at the first national observance of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre in Nanjing, China. President Xi Jinping, as the first top leader to attend the ceremony, called on the world never to forget the horrors visited on the city and "resolutely oppose" those who seek to downplay their significance. (Pool photo)

China's Xi deplores Nanjing Massacre denials

China's Xi deplores Nanjing Massacre denials

NANJING, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a speech to commemorate the 1937 Nanjing Massacre in Nanjing on Dec. 13, 2014. Xi called on the world never to forget the horrors visited on the city and "resolutely oppose" those who seek to downplay their significance. (Pool photo)

Xi urges Japan to own up to responsibility for Nanjing Massacre

Xi urges Japan to own up to responsibility for Nanjing Massacre

NANJING, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping (3rd from R) unveils a bronze ceremonial vessel to mark China's first National Memorial Day of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing on Dec. 13, 2014. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)

Nanjing Massacre study tour

Nanjing Massacre study tour

Reporters from various foreign countries listen to an account of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre by an 88-year-old Chinese woman who survived it, at the Nanjing Massacre memorial hall in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, on Feb. 19, 2014, during a tour organized by the Chinese Foreign Ministry for the foreign media. Forty-two journalists from 25 media outlets participated.

Nanjing Massacre study tour

Nanjing Massacre study tour

NANJING, China - A Chinese official (R back) shows reporters from various foreign countries documents concerning the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, at the archives office in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, on Feb. 19, 2014, during a tour organized by the Chinese Foreign Ministry for the foreign media. Forty-two journalists from 25 media outlets participated.

Kawamura defends Nanjing Massacre remarks

Kawamura defends Nanjing Massacre remarks

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura speaks at a press conference at the city hall on Feb. 27, 2012. Kawamura defended his controversial remarks on Feb. 20 about the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, saying, ''I believe it is not factual that as many as 300,000 unarmed civilians were massacred.''

Group lodges protest over Nagoya mayor's remarks

Group lodges protest over Nagoya mayor's remarks

NAGOYA, Japan - Kensaku Ishikawa (L), head of the Aichi prefectural chapter of the Japan-China Friendship Association, hands a letter of protest against Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura to an official at the Nagoya city government office on Feb. 24, 2012. Kawamura earlier in the week expressed doubt about the massacre of civilians by the Imperial Japanese Army in Nanjing in 1937.

Nagoya Mayor Kawamura

Nagoya Mayor Kawamura

TOKYO, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura holds a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2012. Kawamura said that no incident in which hundreds of thousands of people were slaughtered in Nanjing, China, in 1937 took place, defending his earlier remarks in which he doubted the Japanese military's massacre and rape of civilians there.

Nagoya Mayor Kawamura

Nagoya Mayor Kawamura

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura holds a press conference at the Nagoya city government office on Feb. 20, 2012. Earlier in the day, Kawamura told a visiting official from Nanjing, China, that he doubts a massacre of civilians by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers occurred in Nanjing in 1937 during the Sino-Japanese war, immediately drawing fire from China.

Nanjing official in Nagoya

Nanjing official in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Liu Zhiwei (L), a member of the Chinese Communist Party's Nanjing City Standing Committee, and Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura exchange gifts after their meeting in Nagoya, central Japan, on Feb. 20, 2012. Kawamura told Liu he doubts that a 1937 massacre of civilians by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers occurred in the Chinese city during the Sino-Japanese war.

Ambassador Niwa visits Nanjing

Ambassador Niwa visits Nanjing

NANJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa speaks to reporters after arriving at a hotel in Nanjing on Dec. 20, 2010, making his first trip to the Chinese city where anti-Japanese sentiment remains deep-rooted due to the 1937 massacre there by Japanese soldiers.

Ambassador Niwa visits Nanjing

Ambassador Niwa visits Nanjing

NANJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa speaks to reporters after arriving at a hotel in Nanjing on Dec. 20, 2010, making his first trip to the Chinese city where anti-Japanese sentiment remains deep-rooted due to the 1937 massacre there by Japanese soldiers.

Ex-Justice Minister Nagano dies at 87

Ex-Justice Minister Nagano dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - Former Justice Minister Shigeto Nagano in this file photo taken in April 1994, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 4 at age 87. A former soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army, Nagano was forced to resign as justice minister in 1990 after denying the 1937-1938 Nanjing Massacre. He was elected to the House of Councillors on the Liberal Democratic Party ticket in 1986.

Nanjing massacre memorial reopens on 70th anniversary

Nanjing massacre memorial reopens on 70th anniversary

NANJING, China - Chinese students participate in a ceremony to mark the reopening of an expanded Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall commemorating victims of the 1937 massacre committed by Japanese troops in the former Chinese capital Nanjing on Dec. 13, the 70th anniversary of the attack at the start of the Japanese occupation of the city.

Nanjing Massacre survivor wins suit against Japan authors

Nanjing Massacre survivor wins suit against Japan authors

NANJING, China - Xia Shuqin, 77, a survivor of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, speaks to reporters Aug. 23 in Nanjing after the Xuanwu District People's Court ordered two Japanese authors and their publisher to pay 1.6 million yuan (about $200,000) to Xia for damaging her reputation.

H.K. groups protest to Japan over 1937 Nanjing killings

H.K. groups protest to Japan over 1937 Nanjing killings

HONG KONG - Members of a civic group offer a silent prayer in front of a cenotaph commemorating war victims near the Japanese Consulate General on Dec. 13. Their banner says,''Don't forget the Nanjing Massacre.'' Several Hong Kong groups staged protests the same day, marking the 65th anniversary of the 1937 killings at Nanjing in eastern China.

Ex-Japanese premier tours Nanjin

Ex-Japanese premier tours Nanjin

Japan's former Socialist Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama (L) watches displays of Japanese atrocities at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Museum in Nanjing on May 24. Murayama said Japan must face up to the ''intolerable pains'' inflicted on the Chinese people by the Imperial Japanese Army during the 1937-1945 Sino-Japanese War.

China holds national commemoration for Nanjing Massacre victims

STORY: China holds national commemoration for Nanjing Massacre victims DATELINE: Dec. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: NANJING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): CHEN SHENGWEI, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the commemoration 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XIA WENJING, Student, Zhonghua High School 4. various of the commemoration 5. STANDUP 2 (English): CHEN SHENGWEI, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): CHEN SHENGWEI, Xinhua correspondent "Today is a special day for the city of Nanjing, where the citizens have observed a minute of silence, and sirens were heard across the city in the morning as China held its ninth national memorial ceremony to mourn the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre which took place when Japanese troops captured the city on Dec. 13, 1937. Over six weeks, the Japanese invaders killed more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers in one of the most barbaric episodes of the World War II. In 2014, China's top legislature designated

CHINA-NANJING-NANJING MASSACRE SURVIVORS (CN)

CHINA-NANJING-NANJING MASSACRE SURVIVORS (CN)

(221212) -- NANJING, Dec. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 29, 2022 shows the portrait of Gong Denian, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. This year marks the 85th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre. The Nanjing Massacre took place when Japanese troops captured the then-Chinese capital on Dec. 13, 1937. Over six weeks, they killed approximately 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers in one of the most barbaric episodes of World War II. By Dec. 11, 2022, the number of registered survivors of the massacre has decreased to 54. Reporters from Xinhua spent many years to look for the survivors of Nanjing Massacre and record their current lives. (Xinhua/Han Yuqing)