0001APA Hotel2017/01/28(土) 09:35:15.91 The New York Times JAN. 19, 2017 The books and articles describe a kind of alternative historical universe, one where Japan fought entirely nobly in World War II and in which its alleged atrocities were invented by Chinese and Korean propagandists. The accounts differ sharply from those of mainstream historians, both in Japan and abroad. One piece of literature that was featured for years was an essay by a former air force general, Toshio Tamogami, which won a prize in an APA-sponsored contest in 2008. In it, Mr. Tamogami claimed that Japan had been duped into attacking the United States at Pearl Harbor in 1941, in a plot he said was hatched by Communists inside the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/business/japan-china-motoya-hotel-apa.html
The ceo of this hotel writes a book that he does not admit the truth of Nanking Massacre and Attack on Pearl Harbor which is put in every room , this is disgusting! https://www.facebook.com/danlan.chen.5/activity/11660023935182370003APA Hotel "The Attack on Pearl Harbor was Fabricated"2017/01/28(土) 09:36:13.94 “Small room with political literature” Review of APA Hotel The single room was very small even by Japanese standards and, though the staff were polite and helpful, the image of the hotel suffers from the presence of political literature, namely a couple of books of "revisionist" Japanese history placed in every room (along with, as is usual in Japanese business hotels, a guide to the adult channels). One has an English translation so you can read all about their take on Japan's colonial past, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and Japan's "defence" against "Caucasians". In particular, if you are American, Chinese or Korean, I recommend you stay elsewhere. https://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/ShowUserReviews-g298161-d1443398-r51527288-APA_Hotel_Keisei_Narita_Ekimae-Narita_Chiba_Prefecture_Kanto.html
Xinhua, January 20, 2017 The book, describing Japan's attack at the Pearl Harbor as a conspiracy of the American side and depicting the "comfort women" as "prostitutes," grossly distorts historical truth. The author of the book also deliberately ignored solid evidence proving the atrocities committed by the invading Japanese army in Nanjing, including testimonies made by survivors and photos and records taken by witnesses from Europe and the United States. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-01/20/c_136000699.htm
APA Hotel is denying not only the Rape of Nanking but the Attack on Pearl Harbor and insisting that the US blew up the USS Arizona themselves and blamed Japan. 0004APA Hotel "The Attack on Pearl Harbor was Fabricated"2017/01/28(土) 09:37:03.17 “Be prepared to read the owners right wing views everywhere” Review of APA Hotel Apart from the location I have nothing postive to say about this place. Room was smaller than any business hotel I have stayed it, it was cluttered with items so impossible to put your own things anywhere.The bed sank as soon as you sat on it, so felt like you were sleeping on the floor. All the items had the owners so called wordsof wisdom, but even worse was the book in the room with his opinions which can only be deemed as racist. I would never stay in this hotel or any APA place again due to the owners extremist and racist views and I will advise anyone not to support someone like this Stayed September 2016, traveled as a couple https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g298207-d1053982-r424312537-APA_Hotel_Hakata_Ekimae-Fukuoka_Fukuoka_Prefecture_Kyushu_Okinawa.html0005APA Hotel "The Attack on Pearl Harbor was Fabricated"2017/01/28(土) 09:39:18.69 “strange reading material” Review of APA Hotel On the surface it is an average business hotel, down the street from Roppongi, so it is quite convenient and low budget. The service was efficient and nice. The bed is too soft and the hallways very hot, so a lot of heat goes into the room. I was there in winter so I could open the windows. It was small and smoke drifted in to my nonsmoking room. All that might be expected in a Japanese budget hotel. Now for the really big issue: the reading material in each hotel room, in the place where you expect maps, tv schedules etc., is very nationalistic. Some of it is in English. I have never stayed in a hotel with such overt propaganda staring you in the face. I probably can't say more about this in a review but if this concerns you, you can find find out about it in wikipedia. https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g1066451-d2425650-r193296457-APA_Hotel_Roppongi_Itchome_Ekimae-Minato_Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html0006APA Hotel "The Attack on Pearl Harbor was Fabricated"2017/01/28(土) 09:39:28.50 “Small room with political literature” Review of APA Hotel The single room was very small even by Japanese standards and, though the staff were polite and helpful, the image of the hotel suffers from the presence of political literature, namely a couple of books of "revisionist" Japanese history placed in every room (along with, as is usual in Japanese business hotels, a guide to the adult channels). One has an English translation so you can read all about their take on Japan's colonial past, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and Japan's "defence" against "Caucasians". In particular, if you are American, Chinese or Korean, I recommend you stay elsewhere. https://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/ShowUserReviews-g298161-d1443398-r51527288-APA_Hotel_Keisei_Narita_Ekimae-Narita_Chiba_Prefecture_Kanto.html
“Revisionist WWII propaganda in the room” Review of APA Hotel The room was tiny but clean, but I was very shocked to find two books left out in the room (and available for sale, I later discovered) written by Seiji Fuji, the pen name of the president of this hotel chain. The book was full of all kinds of absurd claims like the Nanking massacre was invented by the Chinese, the comfort women of WWII were happy, well paid prostitutes who enjoyed playing sports in their free time, and a "sorry not sorry" explanation of Pearl Harbor and the claim that the US blew up the USS Arizona themselves and blamed Japan. https://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/ShowUserReviews-g298161-d1443398-r338929082-APA_Hotel_Keisei_Narita_Ekimae-Narita_Chiba_Prefecture_Kanto.html0007APA Hotel "The Attack on Pearl Harbor was Fabricated"2017/01/28(土) 09:39:48.99 “Perfect location, but offended with extremely right wing propaganda” Review of APA Hotel What "impressed" me was the radical right wing reading material (a book and a in-house magazine) promoting distorted history of Japan and its neighbouring countries and aggressive political views which I, as a Hongkonger, found very offensive and uncomfortable. I would not recommend APA Hotel group to the travellers who are concerned with this kind of thing. https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g298115-d324889-r162721522-APA_Hotel_Kanazawa_Ekimae-Kanazawa_Ishikawa_Prefecture_Chubu.html
“Right Wing Propaganda in Room ” Review of APA Hotel The lobby is filled with Chinese and Korean tourists and the room is filled with extreme right wing propaganda. Very anti USA, Chinese and Korean literature placed in rooms. Not fun reading... I came here to relax after a hard day working and don't want some right wing wacko's views in my room. https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g298566-d1093101-r328002062-APA_Hotel_Osaka_Higobashi_Ekimae-Osaka_Osaka_Prefecture_Kinki.html0008APA Hotel "The Attack on Pearl Harbor was Fabricated"2017/01/28(土) 09:40:04.47 “Seriously dingy” Review of APA Hotel Two stars for this hotel because it was safe, warm, had a bed & shower and the staff were relatively friendly. Otherwise, for nearly $200 US per night (price jacked because of the Snow Festival?) it is a serious dump. There's black mould in the bathroom, a sewage-smell wafting up through the shower drain, peeling paint throughout the main room and the lamp shade was bashed in. The clincher is the book of pro-government essays left in the room (in English and Japanese) entitled "Japan Pride: A proposal for revival," written by historial revisionist Toshio Motoya. You can buy the copy for about $10 USD mind you. https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g298560-d3584003-r253100028-APA_Hotel_Sapporo_Susukino_Ekimae-Sapporo_Hokkaido.html
“Room fit for a dwarf” Yes I know Tokyo is expensive but for USdlr 300 per night I didnt expect to get a room so small you could not even move with 2 adults and luggages. The bed was meant for a single adult, period. A large window only to see an office about 10 feet away. There was no seat at hotel lobby, in... https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g1066456-d3305651-r263593390-APA_Hotel_Shibuya_Dogenzakaue-Shibuya_Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html0017APA Hotel2017/01/28(土) 09:47:52.42 “If I could give 0 stars I would” By law, you do not have to give up your passport for photocopying if you are a tourist and further if you are a permanent resident of Japan like myself you do not have to present one, period. Unfortunately, the racist scum working the night shift at the front desk would not give me my room key unless I presented a passport. I'm sorry when you travel within the country you live in, you don't carry your passport with you, right?! Long story short, terrible staff, horribly aging room and building and will NEVER go back! This place was a last resort to begin with.... https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g1023684-d596965-r387254616-APA_Hotel_Yamaguchi_Hofu-Hofu_Yamaguchi_Prefecture_Chugoku.html