 Chang 's book was not published in a translated Japanese language edition until December 2007 . Problems with translation efforts surfaced immediately after a contract was signed for the Japanese publishing of the book . A Japanese literary agency informed Chang that several Japanese historians declined to review the translation , and that one professor backed out because of pressure placed on his family from " an unknown organization " . According to Japan scholar Ivan P. Hall , revisionist historians in Japan organized a committee of right @-@ wing scholars to condemn the book with repeated appearances at the Foreign Correspondents ' Club in Tokyo and throughout Japan . They prevailed on Kashiwa Shobo , the contracted Japanese publisher of the book , to insist that Chang edit the book for " corrections " they wanted made , to delete photographs and alter maps , and to publish a rebuttal to Chang 's book . Chang disagreed with the changes and , as a result , withdrew the Japanese publishing of the book . The rebuttal piece was nonetheless published as a book by Nobukatsu Fujioka and Shudo Higashinakano entitled A Study of ' The Rape of Nanking ' . 
