On this day, 31 years ago, June 22, 1994 (May 14, 1994, the lunar calendar), Japan admitted for the first time that it forcibly kidnapped China as laborers during World War II. On June 22, 1994, Kawashima, Director of the Asian Bureau of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, admitted for the first time in response to a question from Socialist Party member Sumiko Shimizu in the Senate on the 22nd that during the Japanese War of Aggression against China, the Japanese army was instructed by its government to forcibly kidnap a large number of China and serve as laborers in Japan. Japanese Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa also said in response to questions that this historical fact was "undeniable." He "deeply regrets" the suffering of the "China workers" who were forcibly taken to Japan. According to Director Kawashima, a report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs clearly stated that the Japanese army forcibly kidnapped 38915 young and middle-aged China during the war of aggression against China and sent them to Japan to serve as laborers. Among them, 6830 died tragically under extremely harsh working conditions. Prior to this, some Japanese political parties and groups had long discovered the report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but the Japanese government had never recognized the existence of this report.