The Alleged "Nanking Massacre": Japan's Rebuttal to China's Forged Claims (English and Japanese Edition) - Hardcover

Takemoto Tadao; Ohara Yasuo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 4944219059 ISBN 13: 9784944219056

Publisher: Meisei-sha, Inc., 2000

Synopsis

What was the 'Nanking Massacre', then? For reexamining the fact of the 'Nanking Massacre', we have started the following legal approach. Namely, we have tried to treat the so-called 'Nanking Massacre' as a murder case. Also, we have tried to precisely examine whether the crime had been proved or not and objectively verify the fact, using a method based on the Criminal Procedure Act, in view that the Prosecution has responsibility to adduce evidences to show the committed crimes. In other words, our objective is not to prove that there was no 'Nanking Massacre', but to specify the fact that the testimonies, which claim that there was the 'Nanking Massacre', are not substantiated at all. As a result of the examination, the motive of the Japanese Army, the sum of these corpses and the cause of death have not been proved. Of course, there have not been some regrettable facts of criminal acts of murders and rapes which have been committed by the Japanese Army. However, these sporadic criminal acts committed during the fierce battles, are far from the so-called 'systematic and deliberate large scale massacre' of 300,000. This book is bilingual in English and Japanese.

About this title

From the Publisher:

The so-called 'Nanking Massacre' is a very delicate issue. Many books about the topic have already been published. This book "The Alleged'Nanking Massacre'" is different from others from the viewpoint of its approach. This book treats the so-called 'Nanking Massacre' as a murder case and examine whether the crimes, which was said to have been committed by the Japanese Army during the six weeks starting from December13, 1937, had been proved or not. The readers must feel like reading a detective story. Moreover, this book don't try to prove that there was no 'Massacre', but to specify the facts, by using the Japanese official documents as a basis, that the testimonies, which claim that there was the 'Nanking Massacre', are not substantiated at all. The inspection is conducted facts based on the Japanese official documents are included. This must be a new style for the history books. It is also an important point that young people and the people has little knowledge about this issue can understand this complicated issue easily. Therefore, we recommend this book especially for young people and the people want to study about this issue.

About the Author:

TAKEMOTO Tadao, born in 1932, now is a professor emeritus of Tsukuba University. He graduated from Tokyo Educational University (present Tsukuba University), then studied in University of Sorbonne, Paris. He was awarded a Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from French government in recognition of his study of Andr'e Malraux in 1980.

OHARA Yasuo, born in 1942, graduated from Kyoto University with major in law and received his master's of law degree. Now he is a professor of Kokugakuin University and serves in the Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics Kokugakuin University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Meisei-sha, Inc.
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 4944219059
• ISBN 13: 9784944219056
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 155