Japanese confessions of atrocities published

A selection of written confessions by Japanese war criminals after World War II has been published in book form in China, with most of the archives available to the public for the first time, the State Archives Administration said on Tuesday.

Japan surrendered unconditionally in 1945.

From 1950 to 1956, 1,109 Japanese war criminals remained in prison in Fushun, Liaoning province, and Taiyuan, Shanxi province. The book includes photocopies of their handwritten confessions and detailed records of their interrogations and trials. The documents serve as irrefutable evidence of Japan's heinous crimes against China during the war, the administration said.