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Includes executive summary (English)

　　Ban on victory

Ban sheng in July 1954 on contributions, he was born in 1892 in Japan in Oita Prefecture. March 1934 – November 1941, in Taiwan as Deputy Commander, brigade of infantry regiment, rank as adjuvant, and zhongzuo less. In June 1945, the army's 59th Shi Bubing the 53rd Brigade major-General Brigadier. On August 20 of that year was arrested by the Soviets near hamhung in North Korea.

Major crimes are:

"Between February 1942 and I let the 163th infantry regiment commander, in the County of Baoding City, Hebei province, when entrenched" and "about 20 arrests, imprisonment of Chinese", "with killing, assassination, and other methods of killing." "March", and "because of the Beijing-Hankou railway Wangdu and qingfengdian area about 10 meters of the track was removed in the Middle," "over and caught more than 10 suspects, torture and murder of 3 and 4". "May", and "hope all along the nearby Railroad (hope all about 1 km West), a blockhouse was destruction of the sudden attack by the army," "grilled for residents and 30 killed conspire 6 and close to the cupolas of the 3 houses on fire." "June or so," Wangdu and cupolas were attacked following the collapse of the army thing, "torture a lot of residents who killed 5 suspected collusion and burned several houses".

On May 27, 1942, in fighting, in Hebei province, on Hebei Ding County 22 kilometers southeast, "I ordered 1th Brigade soldier was killed more than 800 people, residents of about", "uses a red tube and the Green tube gas, machine-gun fire more than a soldier, and residents of the lost flight path had been shot and killed. Also carried out raids in the village, many residents fled into the tunnels into red tube and the Green tube of the toxic fumes, suffocation, or to feel pain while fleeing residents, is subjected to kill, assassinate, slay and other cruel acts ". "The results of the war of aggression, and losses of the Chinese people: the killing around 1100, destroying 10 houses, burned 3, looted building 450 homes for 10 days ' time, and the Chinese people have built 240 8 cupolas (10th)".

In mid-January 1939, Xian Zhang Liang Cun in yi County in the mountains, "said to members of the military education of the whole ' to accustom soldiers to battle, murder is the fastest method, try is bile. This captured good '. ' Kill shot effect. ' " In April, in xiaxian County, "I ordered the 1th squadron leader ... ... Let men 9 soldiers killed prisoners "9. On August 15, in the Shanxi zezhou, "I let prisoners over to the 1th Squadron 8, 2nd Squadron 9 handed as educational material to kill."

The spring of 1943, in the mountains of Northwest Hebei xingtang, 2nd Brigade were "killing of army and residents of about 250 people, burn houses about 50". "The troops (in mind before the action starts when marching in the road between forces) residents discovery group, letting them goes before taking mine and killing. ”

In May 1944, songxian County, Henan province, for a soldier missing "arrested a dozen residents and killed 5, 6 and 12, three houses were burned."

In June 1945, in Henan "from Xichuan to xixia and up" period, "captured with peers (I think there are about 50 or so), then to tofu shops South, beneficial sense of difficulty, my life force ' be sure to drag the captives killed '", "all the captives have been killed".

On October 26, 1944, in the vicinity of Taikang, Henan, "torture, killing 6 of the Chinese people." On December 16, GUI de North area on the left bank in the North of the Yellow River, "torture, killing 11 of the Chinese people."

Includes summary in English (Abstract of the Written Confessions in English)

Kamisaka Katsu (ban on win)

According to the written confession of Kamisaka Katsuin July 1954, he was born in 1892 in Oita Prefecture, Japan. He served as deputy battalion chief and battalion chief of the Infantry Regiment in Taiwan with the rank of major and lieutenant colonel respectively from March 1934 to November 1941. He became major general and commander of the 53rd Infantry Brigade of the 59th Division in June 1945. On 20 August 1945, he was captured by the Soviet Army near Hamhung, the Korean Peninsula。

Major offences:

"In February 1942 when I served as commander of the 163rd Infantry Regiment stationed in Baoding, Hebei"， "I arrested or put into jail about 20 Chinese people" and "killed them through beheading, bayoneting, etc。 "； "around March"， "for the reason that about 10 meters of rails were removed from the Beijing-Hankou railway between Wangdu Station and Qingfengdian Station"， "more than 10 suspects were arrested and 3 or 4 of them were killed after interrogation and torture"； "around May, a Japanese blockhouse along the railway near Wangdu (about 1 kilometers west to Wangdu) was attacked and destroyed by the Eighth Route Army"， "30 residents were interrogated and tortured, 6 conspirators were killed, and 3 civilian houses close to the blockhouse were burned down"； "around June"， because another Japanese blockhouse in Wangdu was attacked and destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, "many residents were interrogated and tortured, 6 conspirator suspects were killed, and several civilian houses were burned down"；

27 May 1942: during the battle in central Hebei, in a place 22 kilometers to the southeast of Dingxian County, Hebei, "I ordered the 1st Battalion to kill over 800 people, including soldiers of the Eighth Route Army and local inhabitants"， and "poison gas in red and green canisters were used; not only soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, but also the local inhabitants who lost their way in the escape, were shot by machine guns. We carried out a mopping up operation in the village and threw poison gas contained in red and green canisters into the tunnel where many local inhabitants hid, suffocating many and killing through shooting, bayoneting and hacking those who could not stand the poison gas and ran out。 " "The result of the war" in central Hebei "was the following losses on the Chinese people: around 1,100 people were killed, 10 houses damaged, 3 houses burned down, 450 houses appropriated for 10 days, and 240 Chinese people were forced to build 8 blockhouses (for 10 days)"；

Spring 1943: in the mountainous area in the northwest of Xingtang, Hebei, the 2nd Battalion "killed about 250 people, including soldiers of the Eighth Route Army and residents, and burned down about 50 houses"， and "all troops (vanguard troops as mentioned before) organized residents into detection groups and ordered them to go in front of the troops to detect land mines, killing them in this way"；

May 1944: because one Japanese soldier was missing in Songxian County, Henan, "more than ten residents were arrested, 5 or 6 of them were killed and 12 or 13 houses were burned down"；

June 1945: During "the march from Xichuan to Xixia" in Henan, "we took (I think maybe 50) captives along with the troops. When we got to a place to the south of Doufudian, we felt it increasingly difficult to move forward with these captives, so I ordered that all troops 'must kill burdensome captives'"， "and all captives were killed"。

(Edit: SN117)
09:51 July 05, 2014 The national archives website