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Former member of Japanese germ-warfare unit offers apologies in China

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STORY: Former member of Japanese germ-warfare unit offers apologies in China
SHOOTING TIME: Aug. 13, 2024
DATELINE: Aug. 14, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:54
LOCATION: HARBIN, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

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1. various of Hideo Shimizu visiting an anti-war monument marking the former site of Unit 731.

STORYLINE:

Hideo Shimizu, a former member of the notorious Japanese germ-warfare detachment Unit 731, expressed remorse and offered apologies to the victims of Japanese war crimes in Harbin, China, on Tuesday.

The 94-year-old visited an anti-war monument marking the former site of Unit 731.

Shimizu was among the last batch of Unit 731 Youth Corps members sent by Japan to Harbin, where he witnessed 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.

This visit is Shimizu's first return to Chinese soil in 79 years.

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

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