Japan's History War.

The article explains that several members of Japan's academic community have increased efforts since the late 1990's to recast the history of Japan, specifically the Nanjing massacre. When the city of Nanjing was assaulted and taken over by Japanese forces, historians have documented that at least 200,000 Chinese civilians were killed and tens of thousands of women were raped. Scholars like Bunyu Ko and Nobukatso Fujioka argue that these numbers are incorrect and only Chinese soldiers were killed in that conflict. In creating a negative image of the Chinese, these scholars hope to reshape Japanese history and change the ways in which the Japanese youth are educated.