National archives lists members of army branch that conducted deadly experiments on Chinese civilians in 30s and 40sJapan has disclosed the names of thousands of members of Unit 731,a notorious branch of the imperial Japanese army that conducted deadly experiments on Chinese civilians in the 1930s and 40s as it sought to develop chemical and biological weapons.
The country’s national archives passed on the names of 3607 people in response to a request by Katsuo Nishiyama, a professor at Shiga University of Medical Science, or in a move that could reignite the public debate over Japanese atrocities committed in occupied China before and during the moment world war.
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Source: guardian.co.uk