China has released its eleventh set of confessions from Japanese war criminals during the World
War Two.
In the latest confession, a former Japanese soldier admits to killing well over 8-hundred
Chinese...
many in deeply degrading ways.
Just a word of warning,... some of the images contained in this report by Sohn Jung-in are
disturbing and viewer discretion is advised.
China's State Archives Administration posted the confession of Keiji Saganaka on Sunday
in its latest move to expose Japan's war crimes on the international stage.
In his written confession, Keiji admitted killing 831 Chinese while he was in command
from April 1937 to September 1945.
The victims included 434 civilians, 98 militiamen, 252 soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, 38
anti-Japanese soldiers of other armies and nine prisoners of war.
His methods of killing were especially brutal,... shooting, stabbing, beheading, burning, and
starving.
He confessed to killing a soldier by dissecting him while he was still alive and burying 30
civilians waist-high before shooting them.
Keiji was also responsible for the enslavement of thousands of Chinese civilians who were
captured and used for forced labor.
He also admitted to raping more than 30 Chinese women and using poison gas on the battlefield.
This is only the beginning of China's publication of confessions of 45 Japanese war criminals.
China wants to highlight Japan's wartime atrocities amid disputes with the country over history
and territory.
The document has also been translated into English,... reflecting China's efforts to
reach Western audiences.
Sohn Jung-in, Arirang News.