Petitioning Director-General of UNESCO and International Advisory Committee

We protest against China’s application to register ‘Nanking Massacre' and 'Comfort Women issue' to the UNESCO Memory of the World as historical facts.

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What would you do if someone was spreading rumors around town that your grandfather had committed an inhumane crime? Self-serving lies that show contempt for others are wicked are intolerable and should not be overlooked by society at large.

Today, China has been trying to spread these kinds of lies about Japan on a global scale. This June, the Chinese government announced that it had applied for registration of documents relating to the so-called “Nanking Massacre” and “Comfort Women Issue” to be included in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.

However, these two matters are not historical facts. The ‘Nanking Massacre’ is an issue China has been claiming that the Japanese army slaughtered 300,000 Chinese people including civilians during the Battle of Nanking in 1937. However, the population of Nanking back then was about 200,000, and civilians had already been evacuated to safe area when the Japanese army entered. Therefore, China’s claim that 300,000 people were massacred is simply groundless. Furthermore, according to recent research, it was revealed that the photographs used for evidence were fabricated.

The comfort women issue refers to the claims that, during World War II, the Japanese Army forcibly rounded up many women in countries such as today’s South Korea and transported them to work in battle fields. However, no investigations so far have found any documents that back up assertions of such coercion. Even the major Japanese newspaper, The Asahi Shimbun, announced on their 2014 August 5 morning edition that they removed their article published in the 1980’s and early 1990’s based on testimony that was considered to be one of the grounds of proof for the comfort women issue. The testimony was that a former Japanese soldier, who is said to have revealed the forcible transportation of women, admitted that this too was a fabrication. The Asahi Shimbun admitted that there was no evidence to back claims made. Thus, Nanking Massacre and Comfort Women issue are not historical facts.

China’s attitude toward other countries is nothing but pure disrespect. Do not allow false history to be admitted as a fact and left for future generations. The falsification is against UNESCO’s objective: “Peace must be established on the basis of humanity’s moral and intellectual solidarity.” We strongly request for UNESCO and IAC, the international cultural agency, to not authorize the fabricated history, but to make a correct decision based on global justice and reject the application from China.

 The decision will be made after being deliberated by the International Advisory Committee (IAC) in the middle of 2015. If you agree with our cause, please support us with your signature.  Your signature will add valuable power to defend what is right in this world. Let’s work together to build a free and peaceful world based on the Truth.