In the past 22 years, Matsuoka Tamak, a now 63-year-old retired Japanese teacher has kept on the run for truth of the Nanjing Massacre against the threat of right-wing forces in Japan; interviewed 250 Japanese veterans who participated in the war of aggression against China at her own expenses; brought friends who have common understanding with her to Nanjing to mourn for victims of Nanjing Massacre.

On the morning of August 15th, as head of the 25th China-visiting delegation of Japanese Mingxin Association, Matsuoka san brought a group of Japanese friends to attend the peace gathering in Nanjing, mourning for the 300,000 victims killed during the Nanjing Massacre.

Matsuoka san came to Nanjing for the first time in 1988. She went on a rough road in pursuit of truth without hesitation in order to reveal the historical facts.

Through hard-work in years, she interviewed over 250 Japanese veterans and kept a lot of video and written-form materials, as well as historical evidences of Nanjing Massacre. She has donated all these precious materials to the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders. (Yangtze Evening News)