Confessions of convicted 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.

Takeo Utsugi

Takeo Utsugi was born in Chiba prefecture, Japan, in 1895. In 1934, Utsugi worked as an adviser to the "Manchukuo" military police. In July 1942, he became manager of Xinjing Xingya Industry Co. Utsugi was arrested in Changchun by the Soviet Army on Dec 20, 1945.