From Tiexue:
A conscientious Japanese veteran who remained in China has passed away, let us pay our respects
Yamasaki, following the 1937 Lugou Bridge Incident [aka "Marco Polo Bridge Incident"], landed in Tianjin with the Japanese invading army. Owing to the Japanese army killing and destroying everything in its path, accompanying medical officer Yamasaki could no longer watch any further and soon fled. He headed towards the tip of the Shandong peninsula because there it was closest to Japan, and he hoped to flee the war of aggression against China.
Due to continuous warfare and war disasters, Yamasaki continuously hid amongst the people in Shandong practicing medicine, all the way until the founding of the New China.
After the liberation, Yamasaki remained with the Jinan City medical center and community hospital serving the Chinese people. He said to me: “The Japanese army committed heinous crimes in China and I must stay in China my entire life to atone for them.”
All of the members of the clinic
Examining Chinese patients.
Laying roots in China
His original army/regiment----Following the 1937 Lugou Bridge Incident, the Japanese invading army landed in Tianjin
In his own handwriting: "As the moon has light, the people have friendship/kindness" expressing his wish to stay in China until his death to make amends
Yesterday, at 103-years-old, elderly Mister Yamazaki passed away. He died a natural death and passed away peacefully.
The Chinese people are a people who distinguish gratitude and resentment. The Chinese people will always remember kind-hearted people, no matter what nationality..
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