Takeshi Noda is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and (as of June 2004) of the House of Representatives of Japan in the Japanese Diet. The Liberal Democratic Party ), frequently abbreviated to LDP or JimintÅ ), is a conservative political party and the largest party in Japan, which has been ruling almost uninterruptedly since Japan regained independence after World War II. It is not to be confused with the now-defunct Liberal Party ), which merged with... The House of Representatives ) is the lower house of the Diet of Japan. ...
Mukai and Noda were also well known for their killing contest to cut down a hundred Chinese soldiers in combat with their swords on the way to Nanking.
Indeed, when Noda came back to his hometown in Japan and made a speech at an elementary school, he told his young audience that of more than a hundred Chinese soldiers he killed, most were actually prisoners of war.
Sub-lieutenant Toshiaki Mukai and Sub-lieutenant TakeshiNoda, both of the Katagiri unit at Kuyung, in a friendly contest to see "which of them will first fell 100 Chinese in individual sword combat before the Japanese forces completely occupy Nanking are well in the final phase of their race, running almost neck to neck.