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Nagoya Mayor’s Nanjing Massacre Denial Sparks Uproar

Mayor Kawamura Takashi’s denial of the infamous 1937 massacre has triggered the suspension of sister-city relations between Nagoya and Nanjing and a furious backlash among the Chinese public and media. The mayor remains insistent, however, while Tokyo is attempting to play the affair down as a city-to-city matter. From The New York Times:The falling out began Monday, when Nagoya’s mayor, Ta