4月上旬,一位参加过日本侵华战争,在战败后曾“残留”山西的日本老兵奥村和一,到山西省档案馆查阅“残留”档案,并前往太原烈士陵园,向被日军杀害的解放军烈士谢罪。奥村说,“这次来山西查档的目的,就是要澄清‘残留’事实,还历史本来面貌,揭穿谎言,给后人留下真实的历史。”19 In early April, one of the Japanese veterans Okamura, who had participated in the Japanese invasion of China and “left” Shanxi after the defeat, went to the Shanxi Provincial Archives and inspected the “residue” files and went to the Taiyuan Martyrs Cemetery to be killed by the Japanese army Liberation Army martyrs apologized. Okumura said: “The purpose of this inspection of Shanxi Province is to clarify the fact of ’remnants’, to see the history as it is, to expose lies and leave real history for posterity.” 19