Kenichi Ara
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is a Japanese political commentator and researcher on modern history. Until the 1980s, he used the
pen name A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen na ...
Hideo Hatakenaka. He is associated with the far-right and has participated in a number of organizations to promote far-right causes. Currently he is chairman of the Chūgoku no Kōnichi Kinenkan no Futō na Shashin no Tekkyo o Motomeru Kokumin no Kai, which seeks the removal of "inappropriate photographs" from war museums in China, and is advisor to both the Tamogami Ronbun to Jieikan no Meiyo o Kangaeru Kai, which supports Toshio Tamogami, and the ultranationalist Shuken Kaifuku o Mezasu Kai. He was born in
Sendai is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,091,407 in 525,828 households, and is one of Japan's 20 Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, desig ...
in
Miyagi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,305,596 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the nort ...
and is a graduate of Sendai Niko High School and the Faculty of Literature at
Tohoku University , or is a Japanese national university located in Sendai, Miyagi in the Tōhoku Region, Japan. It is informally referred to as . Established in 1907, it was the third Imperial University in Japan and among the first three Designated National ...
. He worked at King Records from the spring of 1966 but retired around the age of 40.


Principal writings

Ara publishes essays mainly in the conservative magazines Seiron and Shokun. Between May 1986 and May 1987 he published a series of oral testimonies from witnesses of the Nanking Incident of 1937 in the pages of Seiron Magazine which were released in book form in 1987 and then re-edited and re-released in 2002. The book was poorly received by mainstream historians.
Ikuhiko Hata is a Japanese historian. He earned his PhD at the University of Tokyo and has taught history at several universities. He is the author of a number of influential and well-received scholarly works, particularly on topics related to Japan's role ...
stated that "It’s plain to see that his strategy is to avoid the people who will give evidence of atrocities and seek out only those who assert their innocence and thus conclude that nothing improper happened". Tokushi Kasahara also noted that both editions of the book cut out inconvenient testimonies from the original Seiron articles.
Tokushi Kasahara is a Japanese historian. He is a professor emeritus at Tsuru University and his area of expertise is modern Chinese history. Life and career He was born in Gunma Prefecture and graduated from Gunma Prefectural Maebashi High School and the depar ...
『南京事件論争史』平凡社新書、2007年
In his book ''Saikenshō: Nankin De Hontō Wa Nani Ga Okotta No Ka'' he alleges that the person who sheltered
Yoon Bong-Gil Yun Bong-gil (21 June 1908 – 19 December 1932) was a Korean independence activist who set off a bomb that killed several Japanese dignitaries in Shanghai's Hongkew Park (now Lu Xun Park) in 1932. He was posthumously awarded the Republic of Kor ...
prior to his 29 April 1932 bombing in Shanghai was George Ashmore Fitch.


Works


Books

* 『聞き書 南京事件 日本人の見た南京虐殺事件』 (図書出版社、1987年)現在絶版 * * * 『南京「事件」研究の最前線 : 日本「南京」学会年報. 2005・06年合併版』 阿羅健一ほか共著(展転社、平成17年/2005年) * 『【再検証】南京で本当は何が起こったのか』(徳間書店、2007年) *


Edited Volumes

* (野田毅) 『野田日記』(展転社、2007年)


Articles

* 「架空だった南京大虐殺の証拠 謎の「崇善堂」とその実態」『正論』1985年10月号 * 「反日プロパガンダに使われる日本の"謝罪金" 村山元首相がばらまいた金の行方」1999年6月号 * 《「南京事件」今改めて見直すべき日本人48人の証言の「真実」》『 SAPIO』2002年)2月27日号 * 「『南京戦・元兵士102人の証言』のデタラメさ」『正論』2002年11月号 * 「百人斬り訴訟レポート 名誉回復のその日まで」『正論』2003年12月号 * 「『中国の南京「虐殺」宣伝に風穴を』」日本青年協議会 機関誌『祖国と青年』2003年2月号


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Chūgoku no Kōnichi Kinenkan no Futō na Shashin no Tekkyo o Motomeru Kokumin no Kai

Tamogami Ronbun to Jieikan no Meiyo o Kangaeru Kai
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ara, Kenichi Japanese critics Nanjing Massacre deniers Japanese anti-communists People from Sendai 1944 births Living people Japanese political writers