born december japanese historian acquired phd taught history universities author number influential received scholarly works particularly topics related japan role second sino japanese war world war variously regarded conservative historian written extensively controversial subjects massacre comfort women fellow historian called japanese military historians education career born december city graduated received phd worked chief historian period research assistant harvard_university resigning post served visiting professor princeton_university history professor scholarship described numerous historians important scholar history modern japan called japanese military historians written published works models scholarship research accuracy interpretation historian china eminent scholar years writing numerous excellent studies japan war called leading japanese scholar field japan modern history published history book history second sino japanese war released began researching completing bachelor degree work received described thorough study japanese policies china 1930s welcome pioneering contribution years publication called classic account war second book work gun history military fascist movement promoted historian rate narrative interpretation based extensive use documentary evidence selected historian described team young objective diplomatic military historians given unprecedented access primary source records write history origins world war asia result road pacific war published translated english 1970s 1980s contributed essays series described japanese soviet confrontation wealth new data praised second army demonstrating brilliantly peaceful passage northern forceful occupation wrote essay polo bridge incident best overview english event later expand length book called single best source incident starting headed team scholars task analyze available sources documents workings wartime armed forces japan fruit research institutions organization personnel japanese army navy released called authoritative reference work field soon tasked coordinating collaborative research project subject occupation japan united_states world war credited key role played producing project began published deemed best work scholarship occupation produced point wrote volume work controversial incidents modern japanese history entitled chasing history awarded prize wrote books japanese fighter aces world war described historians definitive treatments subject work written emperor decisions attracted attention arranged translated english emperor war peace according question emperor japan ruler power holder merely puppet robot concludes answer complex question lies credits considerable political apart book garnered highly positive reviews hugh massacre death toll estimates major contribution studies book incident published detailed study event based japanese chinese english sources later noted historians works scholarship written massacre period book known relatively low estimate death toll partly unlike historians time excluded chinese soldiers killed action definition massacre book acknowledged discuss caused massacre previous books focused event argued lack military police facilities ignorance international laws excessive operations chinese general decision flee city formally surrendering factors led slaughter contemporary researchers including historian journalist expressed strong disagreement death toll estimate expressed admiration scholarship sincerity today recognized major scholar called school thought massacre terms death toll believes tens thousands killed stands great massacre school believes hundreds thousands killed illusion school massacre contrast criticized acknowledging book massacre excellent study described notorious partial massacre historians stated estimate death toll regarded japan academically reliable estimate continued receive scholars endorsed reasonable japanese studies massacre prominent scholar deemed books recommends people read massacre despite death toll estimate called book authority field professor designated best introductory work incident language book nineteenth printing november conference confronted author book rape asked doubted testimony japanese stated hundreds thousands chinese killed replied torture japanese testimony unreliable walked audience shouting insults perry link barely kept situation control wake incident similar chinese students disagreed death toll estimate prevented speaking number universities visited argues tone following attacks calling industry comparison holocaust industry 1980s stated death toll holding possibility high wrote second edition indicated maximum possible true number lower research comfort women leading historian subject comfort women served alongside 1930s 1940s credited individual expose fraudulent testimony claimed kidnapped korean women japanese military argues comfort women sex slaves largely willing prostitutes minority sold parents direct involvement japanese military incidents summed views issue comfort women forcibly recruited percent japan heavily represented nation sold parents responded willingly offers add average living conditions comfort stations practically identical set american troops vietnam war historian notes total number comfort women later revised number downward political alignment conservative anti camp japan emerged half 1990s expand research book comfort women sex battlefield described page treatise comfort women issue noted extensive compilation information praised historian probably documented study question reporter encyclopedia like collection facts comfort women stated work succeeded creating measured evaluation face sensational supposedly ill researched studies book favorably reviewed political scientist journalist contrast historian criticized work faulty use documents cites document listing comfort women allocated fact document said comfort women supports comfort women historian appointed committee established government examine statement led group japanese historians requesting publisher believed erroneous descriptions comfort women world history textbook published united_states ideological general ideological described variety manners sources referred right leaning scholar called highly respected conservative japanese historian find terms inaccurate military historian notes historical debate massacre actually closer scholars conservative likewise points criticized sides historical controversies argues better described known strong opponent attempts japanese nationalists revise japan wartime history way biased wall_street_journal described advocate wrong view japanese history expressed grave concern advent new historical seeking apologize japan wartime prime minister stepped government commission construction new war museum near shrine fear project japan wartime actions favors war criminals shrine critic museum near shrine nationalist inspired portrayal japanese history strongly critical efforts japanese nationalist groups alter history textbooks agreed testify left wing historian believed textbook censored japanese government supported work despite noting textbook society authored colored strongly nationalism vocal essay written general japanese sought justify japanese found essay extremely low quality old conspiracy theories scholarship massacre attacked said infected syndrome argued recently released monologue emperor emperor wartime japan recorded shortly world war likely created prove united_states involved war crimes consequently english language translation drawn time theory mocked right wing scholars felt monologue created simple historical record motives english language draft discovered personal life married september daughter lives tokyo japan awards prize publishing cultural awards works english books reality illusion hidden crisis japan ussr new_york fighter units world war aces london street emperor war peace honolulu chapters books japanese historical writing origins pacific war papers canberra battle midway history 20th century volume seven new_york japanese soviet confrontation diplomacy japan germany ussr new_york army choice japan advance southeast_asia new_york occupation japan far_east proceedings pearl harbor japan examined perspectives modern japanese history honolulu polo bridge incident china new_york continental expansion cambridge history japan volume london road pacific war pearl harbor honolulu admiral war strategy pearl harbor hiroshima london consideration contempt changing nature japanese military prisoners war captors world war oxford flawed report comfort women women women issues post world war japan new_york construction great massacre overview debate tokyo atrocities fact overview debate tokyo articles japanese view pacific war orient west july japan occupation winter postwar period retrospect rewrite history winter going war delayed final note fall
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