Bacteriological warfare museum to open in Harbin next June

Bacteriological warfare museum to open in Harbin next June

KOCHI, Japan - The building of freezer rooms where the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious ''Unit 731'' medical research team conducted frostbite experiments on prisoners of war during World War II is seen in this photo provided by Toru Kurihara. Kurihara is involved in a Chinese project to build a museum on the site where the ''Unit 731'' team carried out live biological warfare experiments on POWs. China plans to open part of the museum to the public next June.

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