Yasuji Kaneko (金子 安次, Kaneko Yasuji, January 28, 1920[1] – November 25, 2010[2]) was an ex-soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army, and a former detainee of both Siberian Internment by the Soviet Union during 1945–1950 and Fushun War Criminals Management Centre in China during 1950–1956.
[3] He testified during an interview with English professor and activist Yun Chung-Ok in December 2000: "Comfort women were expensive.
[5] "They cried out, but it didn't matter to us whether the women lived or died," Kaneko said in an interview with The Associated Press at his Tokyo home.
The reviewer notes that all soldiers interviewed in Minori Matsui's film were ex-POWs of the Chinese government and subjected to a long "re-education" that may call their testimony into question.
[6] According to Japanese historian Ikuhiko Hata, Kaneko's testimony is not consistent with well-known historical facts.