This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. On August 15th, 1945, 80 years ago, Japan announced its unconditional surrender.

On August 14th, 2025, the Guangdong Provincial Archives held an event to showcase historical materials related to the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, presenting a batch of evidence documenting Japan's war crimes during its invasion of South China.

Among the archives donated by Japanese scholar Seiya Matsuno are photo collections of war crimes committed by the Japanese Army's 18th Division during its invasion of Guangdong in 1938, as well as photo collections documenting the division's crimes in southern China from 1939 to 1942. These historical photo collections vividly display scenes of Japanese military operations, the occupation of towns, and serve as direct visual evidence of Japan's aggressive actions.

Some of the photos show various resistance slogans written on ruined walls, such as "Japanese aggressors, return our land." These images reflect the determined resistance of the people of South China under the brutal oppression of Japanese fascism.

In addition, a batch of Japanese-language documents and telegrams, revealing the counterfeit currency operations carried out by Japanese invaders in Hong Kong in 1942, has also been unveiled. The collection includes five telegrams, which record in detail the planned quantity, locations, processes, and distribution of counterfeit currency, providing further evidence of Japan's "counterfeit currency" crimes.

广东公布一批日军入侵华南罪证

今年是中国人民抗日战争暨世界反法西斯战争胜利80周年，80年前的8月15日，日军宣布无条件投降。

8月14日，广东省档案馆举行馆藏抗战档案史料推介活动，现场展示一批日军入侵华南罪证史料。

在日本学者松野诚也近期向广东省档案馆捐赠的档案中，包括侵华日军第18师团1938年入侵广东的侵略罪行照片集，以及1939年至1942年第18师团在华南地区侵略罪行照片集。这些历史照片集清晰展现了日军进攻作战、占领城镇等场景，是日军侵略暴行的直接影像证据。

照片中赫然出现了写在残垣断壁上的多种抗战标语，例如，“倭寇还我河山！”等，生动反映出在日本法西斯铁蹄下，华南人民奋起反抗的伟大精神。

一批侵华日军在香港侵占和伪造中国法币有关日文文件电报档案也被全文公布。这批日文档案揭示了侵华日军占领香港后，在1942年侵占并伪造中国法币的史实。该组日文电报档案共有5份，其中详细记录了计划实施伪造法币的数量、地点、过程、分赃流向、使用规定等信息，自证了日军“伪钞战”罪行。

记者｜柳卓楠、符畅
译｜黄宇洁
英文审校｜肖凯欣