The official statement of APA Group about the freshly raised controversy over the paragraph of the our-room-equipped book：
Concerning the video message uploaded by a guest on Internet yesterday which denounces, as wrongfully negating ゛Nanking Massacre ゛, the ゛Theoretical Modern History゛and its related publications equipped in our hotel rooms, we, having received floods of opinions and inquires about the video‐raising controversy , hereby state our official standpoint：
The bilingual document in question is the one written as the forward to the book compiling the previous year’s essays published in our monthly magazine ゛Apple Town゛ authored by Seishi Fuji, the penname of our CEO Toshio Motoya.
The parts of the said book discussing modern history are the author’ original views theoretically induced out of his own fact-findings in and analyses of vast historic materials, truly interpreting historic events without being trapped with ゛conventional゛theories.
Although we acknowledge that historic interpretation and education vary among nations, please clearly understand that the book is not aimed to criticize any specific state or nation, but for the purpose of letting readers learn the fact-based true interpretation of modern history. Therefore, we have no intention to withdraw this book from our guest rooms, no matter how many denounces may be made about it from whatever viewpoint. Japan constitutionally guarantees freedom of speech and no one-sided pressures could force any assertion made get repealed.
To let readers freely argue the issue, below is shown the description in issue
of ゛Nanking Massacre゛entered on page 6 of the book. Please feel free to correct, if any, wrong or false statement found in it so that we can seriously study about them.