9.18 was a day of humiliation for our country, on which the Japanese army launched a war of aggression against China, and it was no evil to burn and loot in China. Until the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, according to statistics, the number of Japanese war criminals shocked the world, and in China alone, the Nationalist government arrested 2357 Japanese war criminals.
Since there are so many Japanese war criminals, there is such a person who committed heinous crimes in China, but was eventually released.
Japanese war criminal, Keihisa Suzuki
Keihisa Suzuki is the infantry commander of the Japanese 27th Division. The heinous crimes he committed are too numerous to describe. According to his later confessions, beginning in 1934, he began the vicious slaughter of Chinese civilians. From 1934 until the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Suzuki slaughtered the people of several villages and tortured prisoners.
Even more infuriating is that this man is an out-and-out comfort women supporter. One of the most important of his crimes was that he had arrested women and forcibly sent them to comfort stations. And while transporting female prisoners, he also carried out rape on the road, numbering more than a hundred people.
In addition to Suzuki Keihisa, there are many Japanese war criminals like him in Japan, all of whom have committed heinous crimes in China and, in the end, under the sanctions of military tribunals, have all been sentenced.
The Trial of Keihisa Suzuki
During World War II, Keihisa Suzuki's actions were dehumanizing. But our country has always treated these prisoners of war with humanitarianism, and although somewhat reluctantly, we still have great respect for human rights.
At that time, Suzuki Keisa's health was very poor, and at this time, our country's drug reserves were not very large, but even so, in order to take care of them, we still took out a small number of drugs and medical staff to take care of him. It can be said that we have done our part.
During his imprisonment, Suzuki deeply reflected on his crimes. In the Special Military Tribunal, he confessed to all his crimes, accompanied by a very moving final statement.
The final statement reads roughly as follows: "I have committed all kinds of evil deeds during my time in China, and I think this is wrong, and Japan should not invade China's territory." During my imprisonment, China gave me the best treatment, which made me very grateful, I killed their relatives, but they were so kind to me, I feel very guilty."
After a touching statement, Suzuki said: "I would like to spend the rest of my life as a pacifist and against war." This remark may have impressed the presiding judge, and in the end, Suzuki was sentenced to 20 years in prison. But in 1963, Keihisa Suzuki was released early and returned to Japan, eventually living to the age of 93.
It can be said that a large part of the reason why Suzuki's sentence was so short is in his final statement. During his imprisonment, he deeply reflected on his crimes and admitted that Japan was launching a war of aggression against China, which brought great harm to China. However, there are many people who do not recognize this historical fact before their deaths. One of the representatives is Akira Muto.
Class A war criminal Akira Muto
Akira Muto was a Japanese Class A war criminal and a very stubborn war criminal. He massacred nearly 410,000 people in Southeast Asia and committed numerous crimes in China. These events are all traceable and hard evidence.
However, in order to escape the crime, Muto Akira defended the facts of his crime. But the ironclad proof of the facts is not something he can cover up with a single mouth. The court's eyes were shining, and because Muto Akira had indulged the soldiers in committing massacres and was the initiator of a series of massacres, the court pronounced Muto Akira a Class A war criminal and sentenced him to death by hanging.
Before his execution, Muto Akira, who was in prison, still did not want to repent, and he still believed that a series of crimes he had committed were imposed on him by Tanaka Takayoshi's prevarication of his crimes. This attitude of not thinking about remorse has made people all over the world indignant.
What is even more infuriating is that when Muto Akira is about to walk to the execution table, he wrote a tragic poem for himself. The poem is as if the hero broke his wrist and died generously, and did not mention his vicious lack of words. In December 1948, Akira Muto was sent to the gallows, where he was hanged after shouting "Long live the emperor."
Muto Akira, a stubborn fascist war criminal, was finally punished as he deserved, which was very gratifying. Muto's unrepentant deathbed illustrates the common sentiment of other Japanese war criminals. Their attitude is disgusting, and the crimes they have committed are outrageous.
epilogue
Although we won the victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan, we must never forget the heinous and evil deeds committed by Japan on the land of China. As descendants, we are not qualified to forgive the martyrs on their behalf. The deceased is gone, and we remember history and do not forget the national shame.