STORY: Former member of Japanese germ-warfare unit returns China to expose war crimes
SHOOTING TIME: Aug. 13, 2024
DATELINE: Aug. 14, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:07
LOCATION: HARBIN, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Hideo Shimizu visiting the former site of Unit 731

STORYLINE:

Hideo Shimizu, a former member of Unit 731, the notorious Japanese germ-warfare detachment during World War II, has returned to China to expose the war crimes committed by the unit during the Japanese invasion of China. 

Shimizu visited the former site of Unit 731 in China's Harbin on Tuesday.

94-year-old Shimizu was among the last batch of Unit 731 Youth Corps members sent by Japan to Harbin, where he spent more than four months witnessing the war crimes committed by the unit, including the cultivation of pathogens, human dissections and human experiments. 

He fled China with the retreating Japanese forces on August 14, 1945.

In 2016, Shimizu revealed his identity as a former Unit 731 member and began to expose the atrocities of the Japanese Imperial Army through public speeches and interviews, aiming to tell historical truths.

At least 3,000 people were used in human experiments by Unit 731, while more than 300,000 people in China were killed by Japan's biological weapons. 

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Harbin, China.
(XHTV)