Masaaki Tanaka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Masaaki Tanaka

Japanese writer

Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1911

Place of Birth: Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 08-Jan-2006

Profession: writer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Masaaki Tanaka (?? ??, 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.
Originally written in Japanese in 1987, an English version was published in 2000 in response to Iris Chang's book, The Rape of Nanking.