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On August 13, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian answered reporters' questions.

Reporter: According to reports, recently, Shimizu Hideo, a former member of the Unit 731 of the Japanese invading army, and his team went to the Unit 731 Crime Evidence Exhibition Hall and the former site of Unit 731 in Harbin to identify the crimes of Unit 731. It is reported that Shimizu Hideo is the only member of Unit 731 who is still alive and willing to publicly expose the crimes of the Japanese bacterial unit. What is China's comment on this?

Lin Jian: During World War II, the Japanese invaders blatantly violated international law, launched heinous germ warfare against the Chinese people, conducted inhumane human vivisection experiments, and committed heinous crimes against humanity. The fact that Japanese militarism launched germ warfare is irrefutable and cannot be denied.

We admire Mr. Hideo Shimizu's courage in revealing and facing the historical truth.The Japanese side should listen carefully to the calls for justice at home and abroad, correctly understand and deeply reflect on the history of Japanese militarist aggression, earnestly respect the feelings of the people of China and other Asian victim countries, learn from history, eliminate the legacy and avoid repeating the mistakes of history.

Previous reports

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.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, CCTV News Client