Confessions of Japanese war criminal Torao Yoshifusa

According to the written confession of Torao Yoshifusa from July to August 1954, he was born in 1897. During Japan's invasion of China, he was captain of Dalian Military Police and lieutenant of Kanto Military Police Headquarters. He was arrested in Pyongyang in September 1945.

File photo of Torao Yoshifusa

Early June 1932: while invading Ji'an, the artillery "opened fire towards civilians who were taking refugee outside the west gate";

Early June 1932: in Ji'an, the subordinate military police "arrested about 40 civilians inside the city, claiming that they were collaborating with the Anti-Japanese Army, and killed them by the riverside outside the west gate after interrogation with torture"; in mid and late June, "arrested and interrogated about 20 civilians inside Ji'an" respectively on two occasions for the same reason and "cruelly killed them by the riverside outside the west gate after interrogation with torture";

Early June: in Linjiang, the subordinate military police arrested "over 50 civilians inside the city, claiming that they were collaborating with the Anti-Japanese Army, killed the captives on the bank of the Yalu River near the southwest side of Linjiang after interrogation with torture"; in late June, "claiming that they were collaborating with the Anti-Japanese Army", "brutally killed over 40 civilians";

Late September 1932: in a village between Ji'an and Tonghua, the subordinate infantry "shot 30 bullets from the machine gun" and killed about 10 people, "while knowing clearly that they were civilians";

Mid-October 1932: the garrison brought two civilians from a village to the west of Ji'an, "after interrogation with torture, claiming that they were plotting with the Anti-Japanese Army", "ordered the garrison corporal to kill them on the riverside to the west of Ji'an";

Late October 1932: on the way "from Ji'an to Tonghua", instructed the subordinates to "shoot to death about 10 civilians who came from Tonghua for asylum".