Confessions of Japanese war criminals

Editor's note: To offer a clearer picture of history, the State Archives Administration released a large number of files on 45 Japanese war criminals who were tried and convicted in China after World War II. The special military tribunal of the Supreme People's Court held public trials, sentencing the criminals to between eight and 20 years in jail. China Daily is publishing abstracts of the criminals' confessions.

Okabe Miyake

Okabe Miyake was born in Hyogo prefecture, Japan, in 1902. He served as section chief of the police department in Rehe province, in the puppet state of "Manchukuo", and as director of the Mukden Police Department.