Confessions of Japanese war criminals

Editor's note: Earlier this month, China's State Archives Administration released a number of files on 45 Japanese war criminals who were tried and convicted in China after World War II. The criminals received sentences of eight-to-20 years' imprisonment from the special military tribunal of the Supreme People's Court, China's top court. China Daily is publishing abstracts of the criminals' confessions:

Shintaro Uno

Born in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan, in 1920, Uno was stationed in Hankou, Hubei province, as a soldier of Japan's 232nd Regiment of the 39th Division from April to September 1941 before returning to Japan for a brief period. From April 1942 to May 1945, he again served in the 232nd Regiment in Hubei. He became the encampment officer of the 232nd Regiment in May 1945 and was captured by the Soviet army in August 1945.