Say 'no' to war, Japan event hears
China DailyHideko Ito, a former member of Japan's lower house of parliament and the daughter of a military police officer who sent Chinese captives to Unit 731, the infamous Japanese germ-warfare detachment during World War II, shared her father's enduring message: "Never go to war again". Of the many war criminals tried in China in 1956, most were exempted from prosecution, but 45 individuals, including Ito's father, received prison sentences. Her father returned to Japan when Ito was in junior high school, carrying deep regret for his wartime actions and expressing profound gratitude toward China. Ryuji Ishida, an associate research fellow at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and a research fellow at the International Peace Research Institute of Meiji Gakuin University, highlighted the unique approach of China's 1956 war crimes trials.