Tamaki Matsuoka (松岡 環, Matsuoka Tamaki, born 1947 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese activist who challenges Japanese perceptions of the country's war crimes in the Rape of Nanjing during Second Sino-Japanese War.[1]

Being a primary school teacher in Matsubara, Osaka teaching history subject, Matsuoka felt she needed to tell the truth about Japanese war crimes to her students. She visited Nanjing, China several times to interview hundreds of Japanese veterans and Chinese survivors,[2] and published books and films showing their memories after Japan captured Nanjing.[3] Her works include the 2009 documentary Torn Memories of Nanjing.

Matsuoka is a member of the Japan-China Peace Research Organization which attends the memorial ceremony at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing on August 15 every year to show the regrets of Japanese people for the war crimes.[4]

Threats

Matsuoka has been careful not to publicize her address, for her and her family's safety from Japanese nationalist groups, and has hidden her testimonies to protect them from being stolen or destroyed.[5][6]

Publications

The following are her books, as listed in WorldCat:[7]

Nanjing zhan : xun zhao bei feng bi de ji yi : qin hua Ri jun yuan shi bing 102 ren de zheng yan = Nanjingzhan : xunzhaobeifengbidejiyi : qinhuarijunyuanshibing102rendezhengyan. Shanghai : Shanghai ci shu chu ban she, 2002.

References

  1. ^ Nanjing remembers massacre victims
  2. ^ Memory of Japan's Wartime Crimes Still Clear
  3. ^ Japanese vets admit on film to Nanjing atrocities
  4. ^ Nanjing mourns victims in Japanese aggression
  5. ^ Dana, Visit the USC; Letters, David College of; Arts; Sciences. "Japanese Activist Tamaki Matsuoka Interviewed for Nanjing Massacre Collection". USC Shoah Foundation. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  6. ^ Oi, Mariko (2013-03-14). "What Japanese history lessons leave out". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  7. ^ WorldCat author listing
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