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| ⚫ | '''Ikuhiko Hata''' (秦郁彦 Hata Ikuhiko: [[December 12]], [[1932]] - ) is a [[Japan]]ese [[historian]]. He published many textbooks and interpretive studies in both Japanese [[Military history of Japan|military]] and [[History of Japan|modern history]]. He is known for his collaborative researches with [[John W. Dower]] and [[Herbert P. Bix]]. |
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| ⚫ | '''Ikuhiko Hata''' (秦郁彦 Hata Ikuhiko: [[December 12]], [[1932]] - ) is a [[Japan]]ese [[historian]]. He published many textbooks and interpretive studies in both Japanese [[Military history of Japan|military]] and [[History of Japan|modern history]]. He is known for his |
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==Education and career== |
==Education and career== |
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He graduated from [[University of Tokyo]] in 1956, and later studied at [[Columbia University]]. During the four-year bachelor program in Tokyo, he interviewed many former [[Imperial Japanese Army|Japanese army]] officers, including A-class criminals in the [[International Military Tribunal for the Far East]]. After graduation, he joined [[Ministry of Finance (Japan)|Ministry of Finance]] and later transferred to the [[Ministry of Defense (Japan)|Defense Agency]], where he engaged in [[Historiography|historiographic]] works of the Japanese financial and military history. His collaborative study at the [[Japan Association of International Relations]] is later published as ''Road to the Pacific War''. Also he published some dictionaries from the [[University of Tokyo Press]]. He taught as a guest professor at [[Princeton University]], and served as a professor at [[Takushoku University]], [[Chiba University]] and [[Nihon University]]. |
Hata was born in [[Yamaguchi Prefecture]]. He graduated from [[University of Tokyo]] in 1956, and later studied at [[Columbia University]]. During the four-year bachelor program in Tokyo, he interviewed many former [[Imperial Japanese Army|Japanese army]] officers, including A-class criminals in the [[International Military Tribunal for the Far East]]. After graduation, he joined [[Ministry of Finance (Japan)|Ministry of Finance]] and later transferred to the [[Ministry of Defense (Japan)|Defense Agency]], where he engaged in [[Historiography|historiographic]] works of the Japanese financial and military history. His collaborative study at the [[Japan Association of International Relations]] is later published as ''Road to the Pacific War''. Also he published some dictionaries from the [[University of Tokyo Press]]. He taught as a guest professor at [[Princeton University]], and served as a professor at [[Takushoku University]], [[Chiba University]] and [[Nihon University]]. |
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==Political Activities== |
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Hata claims that there was no organized or forced recruitment of [[comfort women]] by Japanese government or military, and one of his long term goals is to revise or completely retract the [[Comfort women#Kono statement|Kono statement]].<ref>{{cite web |
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|url = http://hassin.sejp.net/Hata-Ianfu_text.pdf |
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|title = No Organized or Forced Recruitment: Misconceptions about Comfort Women and the Japanese Military |
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|author = [[Ikuhiko Hata]] |
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|accessdate = 2007-11-10 |
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|language = English |
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|quote = For the long term, we will need to retract or revise the [[List of war apology statements issued by Japan#1990s|Kono statement]] |
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<blockquote>“There were at most 20,000 comfort women. None of them was forcibly recruited. Forty percent of them were from Japan, the most heavily represented nation. Many were sold to brokers by their parents. Some responded willingly to brokers’ offers; others were deceived.” I would add that, on the average, living conditions in the comfort stations were practically identical to those in brothels set up for American troops during the Vietnam War".</blockquote> |
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==Methodology and Evaluation== |
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He describes his own methodology as "[[antiquarian]] [[historiography]]" which he defines as a reliance on [[objectivity (philosophy)|objectivity]],[http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~iism/frontier/Proceedings/12%20Yang%20Speech%20D.Yang.pdf] and he has emphasized the importance of empirical studies.{{Fact|date=April 2007}} |
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He is widely regarded as a leading historian in the field of contemporary Japan, especially war history in Showa period.{{Fact|date=November 2007}} He published 85 books from many publishers from academic university press to popular paperbacks. His empirical research that confirms facts by visiting the place and asking the people has broken many myths. For example, an ex-soldier [[Seiji Yoshida]] insisted that he kidnapped many "comfort women" from Korea, but Hata refuted his "confession" by the interview to the Korean people. |
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==Criticisms of== |
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[[Hirofumi Hayashi]] has made many remarks criticizing Hata. Regarding Hata's book “[[Comfort Women]] and Sex in War” (“慰安婦と戦場の性”, Hata, 1999) professor Hayashi said, |
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:“(Hata’s) handling of documents is faulty. For example, there was a document about a 1938 request from the army to (Japan’s) [[Home Ministry]] which led to the recruiting of comfort women. In (Hata’s) book, this inquiry sent from a section chief to a bureau director in the Home Ministry is disguised as instructions to various government offices. Furthermore, it allocates the number of comfort women in five prefectures, but the number of people (in Hata’s book) is nonsense. (Hata’s) numbers show 650 (comfort women) even though the document lists the total as 400. He even arbitrarily changed the wording of quotes he used.” <ref>{{cite web |
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|url = http://www32.ocn.ne.jp/~modernh/paper44.htm |
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|title = “Criticism of Ikuhiko Hata’s 'Comfort Women and Sex in War'” |
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|accessdate = 2007-10-31 |
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|work = Friday Weekly, #290, Nov. 5th, 1999 |
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|publisher = Hayashi Hirofumi |
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|language = Japanese |
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|quote = 資料の扱いもずさんさである。たとえば、一九三八年に内務省が陸軍からの依頼をうけて慰安婦の徴集の便宜を図った資料がある。この本では内務省警保局の課長が局長に出した伺い書が、内務省から各地方庁への「指示」に化けている。さらに五府県に慰安婦の数を割当てているが、その人数がでたらめで、資料では合計が四〇〇人になるのに、氏の数字では六五〇人とされてしまっている。引用も言葉を勝手に変えた...}}</ref> |
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==Selected works== |
==Selected works== |
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Revision as of 05:06, 2 January 2008
Ikuhiko Hata (秦郁彦 Hata Ikuhiko: December 12, 1932 - ) is a Japanese historian. He published many textbooks and interpretive studies in both Japanese military and modern history. He is known for his collaborative researches with John W. Dower and Herbert P. Bix.
Education and career
Hata was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture. He graduated from University of Tokyo in 1956, and later studied at Columbia University. During the four-year bachelor program in Tokyo, he interviewed many former Japanese army officers, including A-class criminals in the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. After graduation, he joined Ministry of Finance and later transferred to the Defense Agency, where he engaged in historiographic works of the Japanese financial and military history. His collaborative study at the Japan Association of International Relations is later published as Road to the Pacific War. Also he published some dictionaries from the University of Tokyo Press. He taught as a guest professor at Princeton University, and served as a professor at Takushoku University, Chiba University and Nihon University.
Selected works
- History of Sino-Japanese war. Tokyo: Hara Shobo, 1961. (『日中戦争史』河出書房新社, 1961年／増訂版, 1972年／新装版, 原書房, 1979年）
- History of Japanese Military Fascism. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo, 1962. (『軍ファシズム運動史――3月事件から2・26後まで』（河出書房新社, 1962年／増訂版, 1972年／新装版, 原書房, 1980年）
- Nanking Massacre. Tokyo: Chuo Koron, 1986. (『南京事件 虐殺の構造』 中公新書 1986年)
- Comfort Women and Sex in War. Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1999. (『慰安婦と戦場の性』新潮社 新潮選書）
- Japanese Army Air Force Fighter Units and Their Aces, 1931-1945. Grub Street the Basement, 2002 ISBN 1902304896
- Hirohito: The Showa Emperor in War and Peace. University of Hawaii Press, 2007 ISBN 1905246358
References
- Road to the Pacific War, 1-7. Tokyo: Japan Association of International Relations, Asahi Shinbun, 1963
External links
- University Tokyo Press (Japanese)
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