Toshio Motoya

Murakami Calls For Fight Against History Revisionism

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Haruki Murakami, the Japanese author perennially pegged as a contender for the Nobel literature prize, has called for a fight against historical revisionism in a rare interview with Japanese media published on Sunday. His comments came after a successful Japanese hotel chain operator triggered an angry backlash from China earlier this year for his book … Read more

Japan History Revisionists Bolder Under Abe

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Successful hotel chain operator Toshio Motoya doesn’t mind if his denial of a notorious Japanese World War II military atrocity in China drives customers away. Motoya not only penned a book calling the 1937 Nanjing massacre a lie but proudly displays it in guest rooms of his nationwide chain of APA hotels. In protest, China … Read more