Japan digs WWII human experiments site
By Mari Yamaguchi | China Daily | Updated: 2011-02-22 07:58
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A power shovel is used on Monday to dig the site of a former medical school in Tokyo linked to Unit 731, a germ and biological warfare outfit during World War II. Shadowy experiments conducted by the unit on war prisoners have never been officially acknowledged by the government but have been documented by historians and participants. Koji Sasahara / Associated Press |
TOKYO - Japan began excavations on Monday at a former army medical school to search for human remains linked to a notorious World War II program that conducted biological warfare in China and live experiments on foreign prisoners of war.
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