Masaaki Tanaka
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Masaaki Tanaka was a Japanese
author notable for his book What Really Happened in Nanking: The Refutation of a Common Myth, which denies that the Nanking Massacre
as traditionally understood took place. Originally written in Japanese in 1987, an English version was published in 2000 in response to Iris Chang's
book, The Rape of Nanking.
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
author notable for his book What Really Happened in Nanking: The Refutation of a Common Myth, which denies that the Nanking Massacre
Nanking Massacre
The Nanking Massacre or Nanjing Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking, was a mass murder, genocide and war rape that occurred during the six-week period following the Japanese capture of the city of Nanjing , the former capital of the Republic of China, on December 13, 1937 during the Second...
as traditionally understood took place. Originally written in Japanese in 1987, an English version was published in 2000 in response to Iris Chang's
Iris Chang
Iris Shun-Ru Chang was an American historian and journalist. She is best known for her best-selling 1997 account of the Nanking Massacre, The Rape of Nanking. She committed suicide on November 9, 2004...
book, The Rape of Nanking.