The Nanjing Massacre (also known as the Nanking Massacre) refers to the war crimes perpetrated by Japanese troops during their invasion and occupation of Nanjing, China, from December 1937 to February 1938. These crimes included the execution and...

The Nanking Massacre, commonly known as the Rape of Nanking, was an infamous genocidal war crime committed by the Japanese military in Nanjing, then capital of the Republic of China, after it fell to the Imperial Japanese Army on December 13, 1937. The...

University Wire 10-28-1999 (The Student Life) (U-WIRE) ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The Holocaust, Rwanda, Serbia. These are genocidal atrocities that most of us are familiar with, whether from school or the media. Especially in recent years, increasing attention has been given to incidents in...

NANJING The 1937 invasion by Japanese troops of the city that was then China's capital was dubbed "The Rape of Nanking," with memories of that massacre still causing anguish to many Chinese. Now a slew of films will revisit the trauma. The...

Sirens sounded and students stood at attention Thursday to mark the 70th anniversary of Japan's notorious wartime massacre of civilians in the Chinese city of Nanjing.The commemoration, which comes as China's government pushes to improve relations with Tokyo and avoid inflaming nationalist passions at home,...

Strengthening a fragile detente, Japanese and Chinese leaders meeting in Tokyo pledged Wednesday to work together on North Korea, energy development and the environment, while defusing thorny disputes over history and territory.Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is on the first visit to Japan by a Chinese...