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(Original title: Former member of Unit 731 Shimizu Hideo identifies and apologizes at the Exhibition Hall of Evidence of Crimes of Unit 731 of the Japanese Army invading China)

On the morning of August 13,A group of former members of the Japanese Army's Unit 731, led by Shimizu Hideo, came to the Exhibition Hall of Evidence of Crimes of the Japanese Army's Unit 731 in Pingfang District of Harbin to identify the crimes and apologize.

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."