InPics: Former member of Japanese germ-warfare unit returns China to expose war crimes-Xinhua
InPics: Former member of Japanese germ-warfare unit returns China to expose war crimes
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2024-08-13 10:17:18
Hideo Shimizu arrives in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 12, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
HARBIN, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Hideo Shimizu, a former member of Unit 731, the notorious Japanese germ-warfare detachment during World War II, arrived by plane in the city of Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Monday evening, expecting to testify and expose the crimes committed by the unit during the Japanese invasion of China during the war.
He is expected to visit the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army and the former site of Unit 731 on Tuesday.
Hideo Shimizu leaves his home for Osaka to take a flight to China, in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, Aug. 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)Hideo Shimizu waits for a flight to China at the Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan, Aug. 12, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)Hideo Shimizu is pictured during an interview with Xinhua at his home in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, Aug. 10, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 11, 2024 shows the former site of Unit 731 in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)This photo taken on Aug. 11, 2024 shows the former site of Unit 731 in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)■
