Toshiaki Mukai

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Toshiaki Mukai

向井敏明 (むかいとしあき)
Born1911
DiedJanuary 28, 1948
Nanjing
Cause of deathExecution by shooting
NationalityJapanese
Known forParticipation in the Nanjing Massacre


Mukai Toshiaki(Japanese:向井敏明 Hiragana:むかいとしあき 1911 - January 28, 1948), male, from Yamaguchi county, Japan. In 1937, before and after the capture of Nanking, he and Noda Tsuyoshi engaged in a horrific killing contest in which Mukai Toshiaki savagely hacked and killed 106 Chinese soldiers and civilians using military swords, and was reported by Japanese newspapers. In 1947, Noda and Mukai were arrested by the Chinese Allies and taken to Nanking for trial by a military tribunal, and on December 18, 1947, President Shih Mei Yu sentenced Noda and Mukai to death for murder and war crimes.