Masaji Kitano

...The Kwantung Army Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department changed its secret name to Manchuria Unit 25202 in May of the same year, and immediately after the Soviet Union entered the war in August, it destroyed its headquarters facilities, killed the human experimenter "Malta," and all of its executives escaped to Japan. Unit 731, including its predecessor and successor organizations, was led by Ishii Shiro (who was a lieutenant general in the military at the time of Japan's defeat) from 1936, and by Kitano Masatsugu (a lieutenant general in the military) from 1942 to March 1945. The biological weapon technology and human experiment information developed by Unit 731 were passed on to the United States after the war and are said to have been used during the Korean War. ...

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…関東軍防疫給水部は，同年5月，秘匿名を満州第25202部隊と改称，8月のソ連の参戦直後，本部施設を破壊，人体実験用〈マルタ〉を殺害のうえ，幹部全員が日本に脱出した。731部隊は，その前身･後身組織を含め，1936年から石井四郎(敗戦時，軍医中将)が，42年から45年3月までは北野政次(軍医中将)が部隊長を務めた。731部隊が開発した生物兵器の技術と人体実験情報は戦後アメリカに受け継がれ，朝鮮戦争の際に利用されたといわれている。…

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