Saburo Ienaga (?? ??, Ienaga Sabur?, September 3, 1913 – November 29, 2002) was a Japanese historian. In 1953, the Japanese Ministry of Education published a textbook by Ienaga, but censored what they said were factual errors and matters of opinion, regarding Japanese war crimes. Ienaga undertook a series of lawsuits against the Ministry for violation of his freedom of speech. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999 and 2001 by Noam Chomsky among others. He also recorded the history of Japanese in World War II in his book "Pacific War, 1931-1945 By Saburo Ienaga".
Although I was opposed to the war, I did nothing to resist, so it can be said that my battle is one of resistance that came later.
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Renegade Japanese historian who for more than 30 years fought his government's efforts to suppress details of Japan's wartime atrocities from school history books.
Known for movies
In the Name of the Emperor 1998 as Himself (professor emeritus, Tokyo University)
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