Kagawa majored in archeology, with a focus in the Japanese Paleolithic period. In 1962 he led an excavation at the Hijiridaki cave site (聖嶽洞窟遺跡) in Ōita Prefecture. The team claimed that they discovered ancient human bones and stone tools dating back to the Paleolithic era, but later in 1999 other researchers questioned this conclusion and argued that the claim could not be proven.[1] In a series of articles by the Japanese magazine Bungeishunjū published on January 25,[2] February 1 and March 15, 2001, it was alleged that the stone tools discovered at the site were fabrication and indicated Kagawa had been involved in that hoax. He committed suicide and left a suicide note to proclaim his innocence.
His family filed a defamation suit against Shūkan Bunshun the same year. The Ōita district Court and the Fukuoka High Court ordered the magazine to pay the damages and issue an apology to the family of Kagawa. The magazine appealed to the Supreme Court although the appeal was rejected in September 2004. An apology statement was published on September 2, 2004, issue.
On October 25, 2003, a project team from the Japanese Archaeological Association stated that they could not find any evidence to make judgments whether there was a fabrication or not.[3]
mitsuo, kagawa, 賀川, 光夫, kagawa, mitsuo, january, 1923, march, 2001, japanese, archaeologist, professor, beppu, university, Ōita, prefecture, japan, committed, suicide, hanging, himself, march, 2001, result, japanese, paleolithic, hoax, born, 1923, january, 192. Mitsuo Kagawa 賀川 光夫 Kagawa Mitsuo January 5 1923 March 9 2001 was a Japanese archaeologist and a professor at Beppu University in Ōita Prefecture Japan He committed suicide by hanging himself on March 9 2001 as a result of the Japanese Paleolithic hoax Mitsuo KagawaBorn 1923 01 05 January 5 1923Tochigi JapanDiedMarch 9 2001 2001 03 09 aged 78 Other names賀川 光夫Occupationarchaeologist Contents 1 Life 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksLife EditKagawa majored in archeology with a focus in the Japanese Paleolithic period In 1962 he led an excavation at the Hijiridaki cave site 聖嶽洞窟遺跡 in Ōita Prefecture The team claimed that they discovered ancient human bones and stone tools dating back to the Paleolithic era but later in 1999 other researchers questioned this conclusion and argued that the claim could not be proven 1 In a series of articles by the Japanese magazine Bungeishunju published on January 25 2 February 1 and March 15 2001 it was alleged that the stone tools discovered at the site were fabrication and indicated Kagawa had been involved in that hoax He committed suicide and left a suicide note to proclaim his innocence His family filed a defamation suit against Shukan Bunshun the same year The Ōita district Court and the Fukuoka High Court ordered the magazine to pay the damages and issue an apology to the family of Kagawa The magazine appealed to the Supreme Court although the appeal was rejected in September 2004 An apology statement was published on September 2 2004 issue On October 25 2003 a project team from the Japanese Archaeological Association stated that they could not find any evidence to make judgments whether there was a fabrication or not 3 See also EditShinichi Fujimura Japanese Paleolithic hoax CiNiiReferences Edit Publisher appeals Kagawa ruling the Japan Times May 20 2003 第二の神の手 が大分 聖嶽人 周辺にいる 週刊文春 1月25日号 ねつ造証明できず 聖嶽洞穴遺跡で考古学協会 permanent dead link Dead Link 共同通信 2003年10月26日External links Edit別府大学 別府大学短期大学部ホームページ Beppu University This article about a Japanese scientist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mitsuo Kagawa amp oldid 1117949536, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
