is a Japanese historian and political critic. Dr. Toshiyuki Tanaka was

Emeritus ''Emeritus/Emerita'' () is an honorary title granted to someone who retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus". In some c ...

Research Professor of History at the Hiroshima Peace Institute, Hiroshima City University before his retirement in 2015. He was a visiting professor at

Birkbeck, University of London Birkbeck, University of London (formally Birkbeck College, University of London), is a Public university, public research university located in London, England, and a constituent college, member institution of the University of London. Establ ...

, and the Sir Ninian Stephen Visiting Scholar at the Law School,

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state ...

. He was a coordinator of the journal "The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus" and a member of the SVAC (Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts) research project group funded by Hamburg Institute of Social Research. Tanaka has written extensively about

forced prostitution Forced prostitution, also known as involuntary prostitution or compulsory prostitution, is prostitution or sexual slavery that takes place as a result of coercion by a third party. The terms "forced prostitution" or "enforced prostitution" app ...

(comfort women) under the

Japanese Empire The Empire of Japan, also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation state that existed from the Meiji Restoration on January 3, 1868, until the Constitution of Japan took effect on May 3, 1947. From 1910 to ...

, history of

Japanese war crimes During its imperial era, Empire of Japan, Japan committed numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity across various Asian-Pacific nations, notably during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Second Sino-Japanese and Pacific Wars. These incidents ...

during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, American aerial bombing of Japanese cities as well as Japan under US military rule. He also writes about the laws of warfare and the

atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, during World War II. The aerial bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civili ...

. As a guest speaker, he has lectured about the criminality of

strategic bombing Strategic bombing is a systematically organized and executed military attack from the air which can utilize strategic bombers, long- or medium-range missiles, or nuclear-armed fighter-bomber aircraft to attack targets deemed vital to the enemy' ...

and the atomic bombings at universities including the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

and the

Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public university, public research university in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. Established in 1963 as a federation of three university college, collegesChung Chi College, New Asia Coll ...

Works

* ''Hidden Horrors: Japanese War Crimes in World War II'', Westview Press (1996) * ''Japan's Comfort Women: Sexual Slavery and Prostitution During World War II and the US Occupation'', Routledge (2001) * (co-edited with Marilyn B. Young) ''Bombing Civilians: A Twentieth Century History'', The New Press (2009)

References

External links

* "Introducing Yuki TANAKA
Personal information in Japan Focus website

lecture delivered on January 25, 2005 * "Japan admits war crimes conducted in WWII

on Australian Broadcasting Corporation, broadcast August 28, 2002 *

article by Yuki Tanaka in Digital Development Debates, July 2015.
US Congressional Research Service's Report about Comfort Woman

"Crime and Responsibility: War, Indiscriminate Bombing and Mass Killing"
video lecture by Dr. Yuki Tanaka at the University of Chicago
"From Hiroshima to Fukushima"
video lecture by Dr. Yuki Tanaka at the Chinese University of Hong Kong {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanaka, Yuki 1949 births 20th-century Japanese historians Living people Academic staff of Hiroshima University Rikkyo University alumni 21st-century Japanese historians