Written 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 prison. China Daily is publishing abstracts of the criminals' confessions.

Mitsuaki Kimura

According to his written confession, Mitsuaki Kimura was a lieutenant captain in the Japanese Garrison Army in Handan, Hebei, in 1939. Kimura then served as the captain of the Boli County Military Police Branch of the "Manchukuo", from November 1944 to 1945.