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114 Japanese Sentenced to Death in Soviet Union: Historian

Tokyo, April 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese historian Takeshi Tomita on Monday disclosed a list of 114 Japanese people who were sentenced to death by shooting in the Soviet Union after being detained there following World War II. Tomita, honorary professor at Seikei University, compiled the list from names found on minutes of Soviet Communist Party Politburo subcommittee meetings on Supreme Court cases. The records contained the names of Japanese sentenced to death by shooting at courts martial between August 1945 and May 1947, Tomita said, adding that his list is likely to expand to around 120 people. It seems that many of the 114 people on the current list were war criminals such as those who worked as special agents and military policemen belonging to the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army. At least 33 of them were executed in line with the sentences, while some on the list saw their sentences reduced, Tomita said. "Little is known in our country about Japanese people executed by shooting in the Soviet Union," Tomita told a press conference. "The government should convey information on such people to bereaved families." The welfare ministry said it will use diplomatic channels to ask Russia to provide related materials. END

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