full of "old conspiracy theories". Because of his scholarship on the Nanjing Massacre, Hata has been attacked by Nanjing Massacre deniers such as Masaaki Tanaka, who said that Hata was infected with "IMTFE syndrome", and Shōichi Watanabe. In 1990 Hata argued that the recently released monologue of Emperor Hirohito, the former Emperor's recollection of wartime Japan which he recorded shortly after World War II, had likely been created to prove to the United States that he was not involved in war crimes and consequently Hata theorized that an English language translation must have also been drawn up at the same time, a theory which was mocked by right-wing scholars who felt the monologue was created as a simple historical record without ulterior motives. In 1997 the English language draft was discovered. Personal life Hata has been married to Kazuko Matsumura since 9 September 1973 and has one daughter, Mineko. He lives in Meguro in Tokyo, Japan. Awards 1993 – Kikuchi Kan Prize 2014 – Mainichi Publishing Cultural Awards Works in English Books Reality and Illusion: The Hidden Crisis between Japan and the USSR 1932–1934. New York: Columbia University Press, 1967. With Yasuho Izawa. Japanese Naval Aces and Fighter Units in World War II. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1989. With Yasuho Izawa and Christopher Shores. Japanese Army Air Force Fighter Units and Their Aces 1931-1945. London: Grub Street, 2002. Hirohito: The Showa Emperor in War and Peace. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2007. Book review: Chapters of books "Japanese Historical Writing on the Origins of the Pacific War" (in Papers on Modern Japan. Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968.) "The Battle of Midway" (in Purnell's History of the 20th Century Volume Seven. New York: Purnell, 1971.) "The Japanese-Soviet Confrontation, 1935-1939" (in Deterrent Diplomacy: Japan, Germany, and the USSR 1935–1940. New York: Columbia University Press, 1976.) "The Army's Move into Northern Indochina" (in The Fateful Choice: Japan's Advance into Southeast Asia, 1939–1941. New York: Columbia University Press, 1980.) "The Occupation of Japan, 1945–1952" (in The American Military and the Far East: Proceedings of the Ninth Military History Symposium. Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1980.) "From Mukden to Pearl Harbor" (in Japan Examined: Perspectives on Modern Japanese History. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1983.) "The Marco Polo Bridge Incident 1937" (in The China Quagmire. New York: Columbia University Press, 1983.) "Continental Expansion 1905–1941" (in The Cambridge History of Japan Volume Six. London: Cambridge