Tomio Hora

Tomio Hora (, Hepburn: ; 14 November 1906 – 15 March 2000) was a Japanese historian and Waseda University professor, well known for his pioneering efforts to push back against Nanjing Massacre denial inside Japan.

Education Hora attended middle school at Matsumoto Kukashi High School and high school at Waseda University High School .

He was a graduate of Waseda University's literature department. He received his Doctor of Letters from Waseda.

Nanjing Massacre In 1972, Hora published his seminal Nankin Jiken, in which he refuted revisionist denial of the Nanjing Massacre. The work updated his 1967 Kindai senshi no nazo ("Riddles of Modern War History"). Honda's account garnered much support and stimulated debate in Japan, while at the same time attracting fearsome nationalistic defenses of Japanese military activity in the period, which materialized as historical debates, rhetorical attacks, and personal threats. The organization's stated goal was the advancement of historical consciousness in Japan, in order to construct a "fortress for peace".