One theory is that at that time, someone quietly stole some of the ashes of seven Class-A war criminals at the crematorium, and then buried them on the top of Mount Sangen in Aichi Prefecture, where they also built a "Tomb of the Seven Martyred Soldiers."

◆Jiang Feng, chief writer of "Japan New Overseas Chinese News"

I have long been engaged in research on Japan's postwar history after Japan's defeat in 1945. Particular attention is paid to the seven-year and two-month history of the occupation of Japan by the so-called "Allied Forces" in the name of the United Nations, but actually dominated by the US military. This "history of occupation" may not be short-lived, but it is of great significance. At the same time, there are still many mysteries in this history. One of the major mysteries is that after the execution of seven Class-A war criminals including Hideki Tojo by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, where did their ashes go?

One theory is that at that time, someone quietly stole some of the ashes of seven Class-A war criminals in the crematorium, and then buried them on the top of Mount Sangen in Aichi Prefecture, where they also built a "Tomb of the Seven Martyred Soldiers." I once went to the site to see this cemetery and saw that the inscription on the stone was Nobusuke Kishi, the grandfather of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe . There is also a hotel nearby. It is said that Emperor Hirohito of Japan stayed here after the war. He stood in front of the hotel window for a long time, looking at the cemetery from a distance, missing the person who "held the jar" and shouldered the responsibility for him. Former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and other war criminals were responsible for launching the Pacific War.

However, the news released by Japan's major media today has reversed the "class A war criminals' ashes theft theory" that has been mainstream for a long time after the war. Comprehensive reports from the Japanese media are as follows: Recently, Hiroaki Takazawa, a lecturer in law at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering at Nihon University, discovered two declassified top-secret files in the U.S. National Archives, which record the handling of the remains of seven Class-A war criminals. details. The

file shows that after midnight on December 23, 1948, seven Class A war criminals including Hideki Tojo were executed at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo. At that time, U.S. Army Major Luther Friesen was in charge of the scene. Afterwards, he recorded the entire incident with a "detailed report on the execution of war criminals and the final disposal of their bodies."

According to his records: the truck containing the bodies of seven Class-A war criminals departed from Sugamo Prison at 2:10 a.m. on December 24, and arrived at the 108th U.S. Army Cemetery in Yokohama about an hour and a half later. Login team (now the site of Yokohama Midorigaoka High School). They left here at 7:25 in the morning and arrived at the crematorium in Yokohama City (now called "Kuboyama Saiba") five minutes later. At 8:05 a.m., the bodies of these war criminals were transported directly from the truck to the incinerator for complete cremation.

After the cremation, the ashes of the seven war criminals were put into urns respectively and transported to the runway where the US Eighth Army was stationed. Major Luther Friesen said, "Fly on a liaison plane to about 30 miles east of Yokohama (48 kilometers) Over the Pacific Ocean, I spread the ashes over a large area." In other words, the ashes of Japan's seven Class A war criminals were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.

In fact, Siebold, the Foreign Affairs Director of the Allied General Headquarters (GHQ) in Japan who was present at the execution of seven Japanese Class-A war criminals, once published a memoir in which he wrote: "In order to prevent the leaders' tombs from being used in the future. It is regarded as sacred and designated as a way to scatter ashes.” However, this memory has always been regarded as “isolated evidence” and has not been recognized by Japanese officials, especially the Japanese right wing. Of course, they don't want to admit it from the bottom of their hearts.

This time, the discovery of the new files not only formed an effective "evidence chain" for the "isolated evidence" of the US Army Foreign Affairs Director, but also dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese official and the Japanese right wing! Today, many of us pay attention to the ugly performances performed by some Japanese government officials and right-wing groups at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo every August 15. Let me tell you: In fact, on August 15th every year, Japanese right-wing groups will go to the "Tomb of the Seven Martyred Soldiers" in Sangenyama, Aichi Prefecture to hold various commemorative activities. Now, they finally know: it is the cemetery of self-deception, how can history be tampered with! (This article was written by Toutiao's "Chiang Comments on Japan" column. Reprinting is prohibited and any infringement will be investigated.)