名古屋市長否認大屠殺史實 南京宣佈斷交

NANJING - Southern Chinese city Nanjing said it will suspend official exchanges with Japanese city Nagoya following its mayor's denial of the Nanjing Massacre, a spokesman of the foreign affairs office of the Nanjing municipal government said Tuesday night.
南京市2月21日消息，針對日本名古屋市市長關於“不存在南京大屠殺”的言論，南京人民政府外事辦新聞發言人對外發布，南京市將暫停與名古屋市政府間的官方交往。

Nagoya Mayor Kawamura Takashi said the Nanjing Massacre "probably never happened" on Monday while meeting with a delegation from Nanjing.
週一，名古屋市市長河村隆之在會見南京代表團訪問時，宣稱南京大屠殺“可能沒有這回事”。

The spokesman said Takashi Kawamura's remarks distorted historical facts and "seriously hurt the feelings of the Nanjing people."
該發言人表示河村隆之的發言歪曲歷史事實，“嚴重傷害了南京人民的感情”。

The Nanjing Massacre occurred in December 1937 when Japanese troops occupied the then capital of China. More than 300,000 Chinese were believed murdered and thousands of women raped.
南京大屠殺發生在1937年12月，侵華日軍攻陷當時中國的首都南京之後。在大屠殺中有30萬以上中國平民和戰俘被日軍殺害，成千上萬的無辜婦女被強暴。

Nanjing and Nagoya established friendly ties in 1978.
南京市與名古屋市在1978年結成友好城市。