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Confessions of Japanese war criminal Kunihiro Nakao

(People's Daily Online)    17:08, August 21, 2015
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Confessions of Japanese war criminal Kunihiro Nakao
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According to the written confession of Kunihiro Nakao in July and October 1954, he was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan in 1921. He joined the Japanese War of Aggression against China in 1940 and was captured in August 1945.

Major offences:

On 10 April 1940: In Huanggang County, Hubei Province, “cruelly killed two anti-Japanese captives, both male, aged between 20 to 22”. One was “beheaded with a sword” by an army cook and the other was “bayoneted at the same time” by several soldiers and “fell into a pit”. “I ... shoveled soil into the pit to bury the man who was still alive, beat him with my round shovel and trampled him to death.”

From October to November 1940: In Jingmen County, Hubei Province, “used Chinese people as targets for shooting exercise”, “shot dead three Chinese” with the companions. “I ... fired 15 rounds with a light machine gun and a rifle at five or six Chinese, and shot dead a Chinese with the light machine gun.”

In June 1942: In Jiangling County, Hubei Province, the companion “captured a 30-year-old Chinese man”, “bayoneted him to death, cut off about 1.5 kilograms of flesh from his thigh, wrapped up the flesh with cloth and brought it to me”. “After the flesh was fried with pork, chicken, fish and vegetables, all members of the squad of 40 soldiers and I ate the dish”.

In July 1942: In Dangyang County, Hubei Province, the subordinates “captured two Chinese female passers-by” and “raped them”. “Fukuoka went so far as to insert a pear into their vaginas, causing great pain to them.”

In June 1944: In Jingmen County, tied two captured Chinese “on a tree” and ordered new recruits to “bayoneted one at the chest for about 50 times, making him look like a honeycomb. The other one was beheaded and I ordered Sergeant Yamane to dissect his chest with a sword”.

From June 1941 to May 1945: “Raped Chinese and Korean women, who were captured, enslaved and tortured by Japanese imperialists, raped 25 Chinese women for 30 times and 12 Korean women for 14 times”.

From December 1944 to Early May 1945: In Jingmen County, had a sentry “rape four Chinese women”.

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