Unit 731 was established in 1936 and was located in Pingfang in Manchukuo, which was a Japanese puppet state at that time. Today, it forms part of Northeast China.

They want to tell you of the tormenting secrets buried in their hearts." According to Wang, six or seven years ago, around 700 to 800 former Unit 731 members were still alive. ...

Unearthing the Crimes of Unit 731 Japan had long denied it engaged in germ warfare in China during World War II. But the situation took a shift in August 2002 when 180 Chinese victims sought ...

While babies were born in Unit 731, all of the hundreds of prisoners who were alive when Japan surrendered at the end of the war were murdered and buried as the imperial army tried to cover up ...

Some of those at Unit 731 died in experiments testing weapons such as grenades and biological bombs. Others are said to have been buried alive or drowned.

For decades, the nightmarish legacy of Japan's Unit 731 during World War II has been shrouded in secrecy, but a new scientific study is bringing much-needed attention to this dark chapter in history.

Unit 731 was the creation of a brutal psychopath, Lieutenant-General Ishii Shiro. ... "I knew the Chinese individual we dissected alive because I had taken his blood once before for testing.

The Museum of Evidence of War Crimes by Japanese Army Unit 731 in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] New evidence of Japanese atrocities during the War ...

The recent reprint of Hal Gold's book, 'Japan's Infamous Unit 731,' keeps alive the memory of human rights atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese Army.

Some of those at Unit 731 died in experiments testing weapons such as grenades and biological bombs. Others are said to have been buried alive or drowned.

The Cultural Revolution of 1966-76 and the 1989 Tiananmen Square killings have also never been historically scrutinised within the country. - 'Pieces of wood' - Some of those at Unit 731 died in ...