The former headquarters of Unit 731, a notorious Japanese biological warfare unit maintained during World War II, reopened to the public on Friday, featuring a special exhibit with evidence of biological warfare activities.
About 2,000 items, including archives, historical materials, relics and publications collected by the Exhibition Hall of Evidence of Crimes Committed by Unit 731 of the Imperial Japanese Army in recent years, were unveiled at the exhibition, according to Zhang Yang, deputy director of the entity.
Zhang said some of the newly displayed evidence serves as crucial supplements to existing historical materials and provides valuable resources for new research into Japanese biological warfare activities during World War II.
According to him, this exhibition also presents several medical journals published in Japan between the 1920s and 1940s, totaling 347 volumes. A joint search conducted by the exhibition hall and Heilongjiang International University identified 42 medical articles written by key members of Unit 731, including Shiro Ishii and Masaji Kitano.
Jin Shicheng, a researcher at the exhibition hall, said these wartime medical journals document so-called “research results” published by members of Unit 731, involving bacterial and viral diseases such as anthrax and plague.
“This evidence highlights exchanges and personnel exchanges between Japan’s medical universities, army hospitals and research institutions at the time of the war with Unit 731, exposing the role of the Japanese medical community in supporting the war of aggression against China ,” Jin noted.
Source: https://www.chinahoje.net/exposicao-revela-crimes-de-guerra-biologica-cometidos-pelo-japao-na-segunda-guerra-mundial/
