the doctor in 2015, wherein he praised Nazism for the progress made in German technology under the Nazi regime. He stated that no doubt that the Jews were persecuted by the National Socialist German Workers' Party, but the toll of Auschwitz and the Holocaust victims was exaggerated by Allies. The Simon Wiesenthal Center announced that the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery had responded to the center that an investigation about his membership would be completed in a few weeks. On November 8, 2017, the Simon Wiesenthal Center announced that the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery expelled him due to the Holocaust and Nanjing Massacre denial. Takasu has also posted articles denying sexual slavery by the Japanese imperial military during World War II and defending Unit 731. Forgery controversy In 2020, Takasu initiated a formal petition to recall the governor of Aichi prefecture, Hideaki Ōmura because of an art exhibition held in Aichi which Takasu considered degenerate. In February 2021 it was found that 83% of the signatures on the petition were fraudulent, many of them being written by the same person in the same handwriting. On May 19, four of Takasu's collaborators were arrested, while Ōmura called on Takasu to take personal responsibility. References People from Aichi Prefecture Japanese plastic surgeons Japanese racehorse owners and breeders Japanese nationalists Nanjing Massacre deniers Living people 1945 births Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist priests Historical negationism