"John W." wrote ...
> Fascinating....
> 
> From the Japan Times
> http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20041014a3.htm
> 
> Politicians block comic over 'fake' Nanjing Massacre tale
> 
> Shueisha Inc. said Wednesday it will halt publication of a "manga"
> comic featuring the Nanjing Massacre of 1937 in response to complaints
> by Japanese politicians who claim the slaughter never happened.

What purports to be the original protest text can be found here
http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?p=134388#post134388
although doubtless I could have found a more official source.

It actually reads stronger than is implied in the Japan Times article in some
respects.  One aspect skimmed over in the article is the accusation that 
the Nanjing Massacre was (in main) a political anti-Japanese fiction by
China.