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Qiao Renhui, Wang Haiqiao, Wei Wenwen/CCTV News

On the morning of August 13, former member of the Japanese Army's Unit 731, Hideo Shimizu and his party came to the Exhibition Hall of Evidence of Crimes of the Japanese Army's Unit 731 in Pingfang District, Harbin City to identify the crimes and apologize.

On the morning of August 13, Shimizu Hideo, a former member of the 731st Unit of the Japanese invaders, and his entourage came to the Exhibition Hall of Evidence of Crimes of the 731st Unit of the Japanese invaders in Pingfang District, Harbin. Shimizu Hideo went to the former site of the guard station, the former site of the headquarters building, the site of the bacteria laboratory, the site of the special prison, the former site of the frostbite laboratory, etc. At 10:30 a.m., he came to the "Monument of Apology and Peace without War" to confess his sins.

Shimizu Hideo is 94 years old this year. In March 1945, at the age of 14, he was drafted as a young soldier and sent to the headquarters of the Japanese invaders' Unit 731 in Harbin. On August 14, 1945, he fled back to Japan with the Japanese troops.

Jin Chengmin, director of the Exhibition Hall of Evidence of Crimes of Unit 731 of the Japanese Invaders in China, said: "Shimizu Hideo is very likely the last former member of Unit 731 to return to Harbin to confess his crimes."

Previously, Shimizu Hideo wrote that "historical facts cannot be covered up. I am determined to return to the site of the former Japanese Army Unit 731 in my lifetime to express my deepest apologies to the Chinese people who were harmed. I also hope to arouse more people's reflection and vigilance, cherish the hard-won peace, and avoid the recurrence of war tragedies."

Editor of this issue: Xing Tan