Who is Concealing japanese war crimes —— The indignation caused by the difficulty in displaying the germ warfare exhibition board of the 731 troops of Japanese invaders.
Xinhua News Agency, Tokyo, September 3 rd, "I used this scalpel to perform vivisection, and I did something that people shouldn’t do!" Thirty-two years ago, in 1991, when Hu Taoze Zhengbang, a former member of the 731 troops of the Japanese invaders, handed over the scalpel for the vivisection of the human body to the Japanese Kubota, his heart was full of guilt and remorse.
The 93-year-old Kubota was the president of the "Shinshu War Exhibition Implementation Committee for Peace" and the president of the "Iida Peace Information Collection Committee". Under the promotion of Kubota, Hu Taoze publicly described his experience of vivisection in the 731 Army for the first time at the "Shinshu War Exhibition for Peace" held in 1991. "I participated in the anatomy of 300 living human bodies, 100 of which I participated as an assistant, and the other 200, I was the chief surgeon."
Restore the historical truth, the dream is shattered
Since 1991, it has become the wish of Kubo Tiansheng and the members of the "Shinshu War Exhibition for Peace" to set up a permanent exhibition hall to display the evidence testimony of the members of Unit 731 and restore the historical truth of Japan’s germ warfare during World War II. Although they have been running for this for 32 years, this wish has not yet been realized.

On January 13th, in Iida City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, the former president of the Shinshu War Exhibition Implementation Committee for Peace and the president of the Iida Peace Information Collection Committee were interviewed at home. Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Dan photo
In 2015, the "Reference Room of Peace Memorial Hall in Iida City" in Nagano Prefecture was established. In May 2022, the Peace Memorial Hall funded by Iida City was completed. The dream that lasted for 30 years is about to come true, and Kubo Tiansheng and others are filled with emotion.
In June, 2022, just as the "Reference Room of the Peace Memorial Hall in Iida City" was preparing to move the display panels related to the 731 troops into the Peace Memorial Hall, the Iida Municipal Education Commission suddenly informed that the display panels related to the 731 troops were not allowed to be displayed in the hall, and the term "Nanjing Massacre" must be changed to "Nanjing Incident". The wish of Japanese peacemakers such as Kubota Sheng for many years was instantly shattered.
"Don’t we spend 30 years to collect 731 troops witness testimony and historical materials just disappeared? How can you imagine that these scalpels have been used for vivisection of 300 people? " After learning the decision of Iida City Education Committee, Ji Zezhang, a retired middle school history teacher, and Yuan Yingzhang denounced.

This is January 12, when Hideo Shimizu, a former "junior team" member of the 731 troops of the Japanese invaders, took out various materials at his home in Nagano Prefecture, Japan to tell reporters about his experience in the 731 troops. Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Dan photo
Hideo Shimizu was a member of the "Youth Team" of Unit 731. In the specimen room of the headquarters of Unit 731, Shimizu saw all kinds of dissected human organs soaked in bottles filled with formalin.
Shimizu’s personal experience, surgical instruments brought back by Hu Taoze from Unit 731, books such as "Human Anatomy" stamped with the seal of "Ishii Unit" (Unit 731 conducted bacterial research in the name of "Ishii Unit"), together with Hu Taoze’s testimony about the crime of Unit 731 and the confirmation of other witnesses of Unit 731, all reveal the crime that Unit 731 launched bacterial warfare and carried out vivisection in China.

The picture shows the inside page of the book "Human Anatomy" with the seal of "Ishii Army" displayed in the exhibition hall of the Peace Memorial Hall in Iida City. (Video screenshot)
Who is hiding japanese war crimes?
In the face of a large number of conclusive evidence, the Iida Municipal Education Commission still refused to let the display board of Unit 731 enter the Peace Memorial Hall.
Ji Zezhang told reporters that the Iida Municipal Education Commission had produced a "parliamentary defense record" in 2003, and called it the so-called "national opinion". The record reads: "Although the Japanese government recognizes the existence of Unit 731, it does not recognize the fact that Unit 731 engaged in germ warfare."
This so-called "national opinion" was refuted by Japanese experts. Maehara, the former president of Japan’s "15-year War and Japan Medical Research Association", studied the crimes of Unit 731 deeply. He sent a letter to the Iida Municipal Education Commission, criticizing that his so-called "national views" were simply untenable.
"In the judgment of August 2002, the Tokyo District Court found that Unit 731 had used bacteriological weapons on the battlefield in China. Although the judgment rejected the plaintiff’s apology and compensation, it fully recognized the fact that the Japanese army carried out bacteriological warfare. This is the Japanese official judgment." The original husband said.
On behalf of Japan’s "731 Alliance", Shinji Goi sent a letter to the Iida Municipal Education Commission and criticized in the letter: "This is hiding and concealing history, which is depriving citizens of the opportunity to know the truth of history!"

The picture shows Hu Taoze’s surgical instruments and other exhibits brought back from Unit 731 in the exhibition hall of the Peace Memorial Hall in Iida City. (Video screenshot)
Japan’s "ABC Planning Committee" asked in a letter to the Iida City Education Committee: "The testimony and evidence of the 731 troops witnesses are extremely precious. Isn’t it the responsibility of our generation to show the testimony of the perpetrators and not let the tragic disaster of war happen again? "
After numerous unsuccessful communications with the Iida Municipal Education Commission, the inaugural meeting of "Thinking about the Peace Memorial Hall in Iida City" was held in January 2023. Kubota Sheng wore a hearing aid and made a voice on the stage: "The Iida Peace Memorial Hall does not display panels related to Unit 731, so we should fight against it! The core issue is how to deal with the harm and victimization of war. "
At the meeting, 93-year-old Shimizu once again told his personal experience in Unit 731 and lamented: "Now the Japanese government has completely refused to mention the issue of war harm."
Under pressure, the Iida City Board of Education finally held a seminar in February this year to discuss the exhibition board of Unit 731. However, the conclusion of the seminar is: "The content of the exhibition board is too cruel, which is beyond the scope of Japanese school textbooks."
In this regard, Maehara pointed out that there is basically no mention of the negative history related to the Japanese war of aggression in Japanese school textbooks at present, which makes it very difficult for them to show the historical truth of Japanese aggression in society and in teaching places. This kind of exhibition board event that obliterates the historical truth is far more than just happening in Iida City, and the atmosphere of concealing japanese war crimes has gradually spread throughout Japan.
For example, the original husband said that Osaka had held the "Peace Osaka" event, but under the attack of the right-wing forces, all the exhibition boards involving the history of aggression such as the Nanjing Massacre and the 731 troops were removed; At the international art exhibition held in Aichi Prefecture in 2019, the portrait of a peaceful girl symbolizing the victims of comfort women was also removed … …
Call on the Japanese government to face up to history
The wall below the headline "Cruelty of War" in the exhibition hall of the Peace Memorial Hall in Iida City should have displayed a display board about the 731 troops. Today, the walls are still empty.
On July 30th this year, "Thinking about the Meeting of Peace Memorial Hall in Iida City" held a study meeting, inviting Japanese expert in bacteriological warfare and honorary professor of Shiga Medical University to expose the crimes committed by Unit 731, and the elderly Kubo Tiansheng and Shimizu attended the meeting and called on the government to face up to history.
At the meeting, Ji Zezhang reported the results of the struggle with the Iida Municipal Education Commission: "The eight exhibition boards introducing the 731 troops are still not allowed to be displayed. At present, the plan given by the Education Commission is to introduce the judgment of the Tokyo District Court that the 731 troops had carried out bacteriological warfare with one exhibition board, but the contents of the human body living test carried out by the 731 troops and the testimony of witnesses such as Hu Taoze Zhengbang and Shimizu Yingnan are still not allowed to be displayed."
"During World War II, Japan waged a war of aggression, and the most shocking thing was the 731 troops," Kubota said angrily. "But Japan has never thoroughly reflected, which has led to Japan’s ambiguous understanding of relevant history so far, and it has also affected local governments. This is the most fundamental reason why the Iida Municipal Education Commission refused to show the exhibition board of the 731 troops!"
According to a survey conducted by Asahi Shimbun, only 30% of the 85 exhibition halls related to World War II in Japan have long-term displayed the history of Japanese aggression, and the number of exhibition halls displaying the history of Unit 731 is zero.
In the face of the Japanese government’s attempt to conceal the historical truth of aggression, Kubota was deeply saddened.

On January 13th, in Iida City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, the former president of the Shinshu War Exhibition Implementation Committee for Peace and the president of the Iida Peace Data Collection Committee stood in front of their house and took a photo. Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Dan photo
"Hide, and then unconsciously forget … … The state’s attitude of letting real history disappear is vividly reflected in the practice of the Iida Municipal Education Commission. We must not let the real history disappear! " Kubota, who is on crutches, said at the study meeting of "Thinking about the meeting of the Peace Memorial Hall in Iida City". (Reporter: Guo Dan, Li Guangzheng, Yue Chenxing; Clip: Li Guangzheng; Editor: Yue Yuling, He Mengshu, Wang Zhao, Tang Ying, Zhou Liang, Tang Jiefeng, He Yi, Cheng Dayu, Zhang Dailei, Lu Yu, Wang Fengfeng)





























































