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ese Minister of Education, under the government of

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in which he made several controversial remarks about Japans role in World War II. In the interview, he questioned the criminality of the Nanjing Massacre, claiming "It is not murder under international law to kill in war". Further, he compared the Nanjing Massacre with the atomic bombings of Japan by America and implied that if Japans war time actions were wrong then so were America's. He died of

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on October 22, 2006.

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