On this day, 69 years ago, on June 21, 1956 (May 13, 1956 in the lunar calendar), our government leniently released the first batch of Japanese war criminals. Eight war criminals of aggression against Japan bowed their heads and pleaded guilty in front of a just trial. On June 21, 1956, the Supreme People's Procuratorate announced that 335 Japanese war criminals including Nakazawa, Masaharu Oya, and Toshio Kawada were exempted from prosecution and released immediately. The decision was made in accordance with the National People's Congress's "Decision on the Handling of War Criminals in Japan's War of Aggression against China." The decision to exempt Japanese war criminals from prosecution was announced in Fushun and Taiyuan respectively. 295 were released in Fushun and 40 were released in Taiyuan. The announcement of this decision made the exonerated war prisoners shed tears on the spot. When the decision to exempt from prosecution was read out, many people attended the hearing. After the decision was read out, the prosecutor named the people exempted from prosecution one by one and completed the handover procedures with representatives of the China Red Cross Society on the spot. Representatives of the Red Cross Society of China expressed their willingness to implement the entrustment of the China government and try their best to solve their difficulties on the way back home. The Special Military Tribunal of the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China opened a court session in Shenyang on July 1, 1956. It tried 28 Japanese criminals in the war of aggression against China, including Gu Hai Zhongzhi (1 from right). Former puppet "Manchukuo" emperor Pu Yi (2 from left) testified in court