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descendants of japanese invaders in changchun view the history of the northeast anti-japanese war: we want to bring the truth back to japan

2024-09-16

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on the 15th, on the eve of the 93rd anniversary of the september 18th incident, many descendants of the japanese invaders came to changchun, jilin, and were received by changchun normal university to visit the northeast occupation history exhibition hall of the puppet manchukuo imperial palace museum. after learning about the atrocities committed by the japanese army, they said they wanted to bring the truth back to japan, especially to let japanese teenagers know the historical truth.

on september 15, in changchun, jilin, descendants of the japanese invaders visited the northeast occupation history exhibition hall of the puppet manchukuo imperial palace museum. photo by zhang yao, a reporter from china news agency

changchun was the "capital" of the puppet manchukuo created by japan during its invasion of china. the puppet manchukuo imperial palace located here was the seat of the puppet regime of japan's invasion of northeast china, and a large number of evidences of japan's invasion of china were preserved. they visited the "hard and arduous fourteen years - the northeast people's anti-japanese war historical facts exhibition" and the "exhibition of evidence of bacteriological warfare of the 100th unit of the japanese invaders in china".

"these exhibitions made me feel once again the crimes of aggression committed by japanese soldiers like my father." the day before, 76-year-old akio kuroi knelt barefoot at the zhanqian primary school in gongzhuling city, jilin province, to apologize for the crimes committed by his father.

akio kuroi is the founder of the "ptsd japanese soldiers' families association and citizens' association" (ptsd stands for post-traumatic stress disorder). he has given lectures at japanese primary and secondary schools and universities many times to expose the atrocities of the japanese army. he said that after returning to japan, he will give a lecture at a university in nagasaki prefecture to pass on what he saw and heard to students.

on september 15, in changchun, jilin, descendants of the japanese invaders visited the northeast occupation history exhibition hall of the puppet manchukuo imperial palace museum. photo by zhang yao, a reporter from china news agency

okayama teruaki, 70, a former high school teacher, was infuriated to see members of the japanese army's 100th unit continue to work as doctors after returning to japan. he said the trip had made him more determined to oppose militarism.

li suzhen, professor at changchun normal university and executive vice president of the japan-china oral history and culture research association, said that this trip will help them understand the historical facts of japan's invasion of china in a more comprehensive and detailed manner, especially japan's attempt to whitewash its history of aggression, which has profound educational value.

editor/zhou chao