Japanese monk confesses war crimes

Japanese monk Iwada Ryuzo(ﾅ?ﾃ｢窶彡窶板ｲ窶伉｢) confesses crimes of war in front of the list of martyrs of Wuhan Battle between Chinese people and Japanese invaders during the World War II in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, April 25, 2006. This is the second time for the 70-year-old Japanese monk to come to China in order to do confession for crimes that japanese invaders committed during World War II.


Japanese monk Iwada Ryuzo (L) looks at the list of martyrs of Wuhan Battle between Chinese people and Japanese invaders during the World War II, accompanied by Chinese interpreter Ding Qing, in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, April 25, 2006.

Japanese monk Iwada Ryuzo confesses crimes of war in front of the list of martyrs of Wuhan Battle between Chinese people and Japanese invaders during the World War II in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, April 25, 2006.
Iwata Ryuzo, a 70-year-old monk of Japan kneels down to express his apologies for Chinese victims who had died in atrocities committed by Japanese armies during their invasion of China from 1931 to 1945 in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province April 26, 2006. [Newsphoto]

lastmagi said:

I'm late in responding to this thread even though I've read it some months before. But this was a really uplifting article. Honda Tatsutaro is a man with a clear conscience and a sense of right and wrong. His is a name I'll be remembering from now on. I can only hope others will learn from him. Thank you for the article.

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Horizon said:

Wow...This moved me considerably. I think it's quite beautiful when people admit they've done wrong and then apologize for it out of their own free will. As I read the articules and everything, I even developed (and quite quickly at that) a certain respect for this man and I can only hope the general majority of people, and not just the rest of the Japanese, but all the wrong-doers in this world, will learn from him and follow in his wake.

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4321go said:

What I see is one "old soldier" 's apology.
These is no doubt he is a guy who have conscience.
I can only show my "condonation" to this one .

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qwertyu said:

Thank you for showing the genuity of the Japanese who regret the war and support peaceful co-esixtence with its neighbours. Koizumi and all those unrepentent revisionists in Japan and on this site have not collectively the decency found in one little finger of this old soldier.

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Gaki said:

Although it's nice to know there are those whom are honestly regretful of their actions during the war it is somewhat a shame that others choose to remain ignorant of it.

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Japanese old soldier apologizes to Chinese people

more than half an year ago~one Japanese old soldier confesses too~

how do we know that guy is truely japanese?