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Japanese biological weapons program
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The list Japanese biological weapons program includes
Nobusuke Kishi, Masaji Kitano, Shirō Ishii, Unit 731 and Sato Shunji.
The list consists of 15 members.
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Unit 731
Part of IJN army, infamous for war crimes
Overview: Unit 731 (Japanese: 731部隊, Hepburn: Nana-san-ichi Butai), short for Manchu Detachment 731 and also known as the Kamo Detachment and the Ishii Unit, was a covert biological and chemical warfare research ...
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Masaji Kitano
Japanese businessman
Overview: Masaji Kitano (北野 政次, Kitano Masaji, July 14, 1894 – May 17, 1986) was a medical doctor, microbiologist and a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He was the second commander of Unit ...Date of birth: 14 July 1894Date of death: 17 May 1986Age: 91 (age at death)Nationality: JapaneseOccupation: Business 0
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Tetsuzan Nagata
Japanese general
Overview: Tetsuzan Nagata (永田 鉄山, Nagata Tetsuzan, 14 January 1884 – 12 August 1935) was a Japanese military officer and general of the Imperial Japanese Army best known as the victim of the Aizawa Incident in August ...Date of birth: 14 January 1884Date of death: 12 August 1935Age: 51 (age at death)Nationality: JapaneseOccupation: Military 0
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Shirō Ishii
Japanese microbiologist
Overview: Surgeon General Shirō Ishii (石井 四郎, Ishii Shirō, 15 June 1892 – 9 October 1959) was a Japanese microbiologist, army medical officer, and war criminal who served as the director of Unit 731, a biological ...Date of birth: 25 June 1892Date of death: 9 October 1959Age: 67 (age at death)Nationality: JapaneseOccupation: MilitaryGender: Male 0
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Nobusuke Kishi
Japanese politician
Overview: Nobusuke Kishi (岸 信介, Kishi Nobusuke, 13 November 1896 – 7 August 1987) was a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1957 to 1960. He is the maternal grandfather of Shinzo Abe, twice ...Date of birth: 13 November 1896Date of death: 7 August 1987Age: 90 (age at death)Nationality: JapaneseOccupation: Head of StateGender: Male 0
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Sato Shunji
Japanese generalOverview: Shunji Satō (佐藤 俊二, Satō Shinji, September 12, 1896 – January 2, 1977) was a Japanese physician during the first half of the 20th century and a major general in the Imperial Japanese Army.Date of birth: 12 September 1896Date of death: 2 January 1977Age: 80 (age at death)Nationality: JapaneseOccupation: Military 0
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Ken Yuasa
Japanese army surgeonOverview: Ken Yuasa (Japanese: 湯浅 謙) (October 23, 1916 – November 2, 2010) was a World War II surgeon for the Japanese army. During his service in occupied China, he (along with at least 1000 other doctors ...Date of birth: 23 October 1915Date of death: 2 November 2010Age: 95 (age at death)Nationality: JapaneseOccupation: Military 0
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Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night
Japanese biological warfare plan during World War IIOverview: Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night (Japanese: 夜櫻作戰, Hepburn: Yozakura Sakusen) was a 1945 plan developed by Shirō Ishii to wage biological warfare upon civilian population centers in Southern California ... 0
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Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign
1942 military campaign of the Second Sino-Japanese War
Overview: The Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign or the Chekiang–Kiangsi campaign (Japanese: 浙贛作戦, simplified Chinese: 浙赣战役; traditional Chinese: 浙赣戰役; pinyin: Zhè-Gàn Zhànyì), also known as Operation Sei-go ... 0
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Overview: Yoshimura Hisato (Japanese: 吉村 寿人; February 9, 1907 – November 29, 1990) was a Japanese war criminal, medical scientist, and physiologist who served as a member of Unit 731, a biological warfare unit ... 0
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Kaimingjie germ weapon attack
attack during the Second Sino-Japanese War
Overview: The Kaimingjie germ weapon attack (simplified Chinese: 开明街鼠疫灾难; traditional Chinese: 開明街鼠疫災難; 'Kaiming Street Plague Disaster') was a secret biological warfare launched by Japan in October 1940 ... 0
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Unit 8604
Unit of Imperial Japanese Army
Overview: Unit Nami 8604 (Japanese: 波8604部隊), officially the South China Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department (Japanese: 南支那防疫給水部), was a disease research unit under the South China Area Army of ... 0
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Unit 9420
Disease Research Unit of Japanese Army
Overview: 1°16′50″N 103°50′01″E / 1.2804193815803302°N 103.83364452468112°E 0
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Number Nine Research Laboratory
Imperial Japanese Army research institute
Overview: 35°36′41″N 139°32′49″E / 35.61131°N 139.547035°E 0
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Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department
Department of Imperial Japanese ArmyOverview: The Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department was a department of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1936 to the dissolution of the Army in 1945. While its public mission was to prevent the spread ... 0
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