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Masaaki Tanaka (田中 正明, Tanaka Masaaki) (February 11, 1911 – January 8, 2006) 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.[1] Originally written in Japanese in 1987, an English version was published in 2000 in response to Iris Chang's book, The Rape of Nanking.

Masaaki Tanaka
田中 正明
Born	(1911-02-11)February 11, 1911
Died	January 8, 2006(2006-01-08) (aged 94)
Nationality	Japanese
Notable work	What Really Happened in Nanking: The Refutation of a Common Myth

Document Tampering Controversy

A Japanese World War II veteran, Tanaka served as General Iwane Matsui's secretary at the time of Nanking Massacre in 1937.[2] He was involved in a controversy in 1986 when he was found to have altered a key historical document, Matsui Iwane Taishō no jinchū nikki (松井石根大将の陣中日記, "General Matsui Iwane's Battlefield Diary"), in several hundred places when serving as the editor for its publication in 1985.[3] He suffered academic ostracism after the controversy but remained an active author for the non-academic market.

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