China releases Japan papers on 277 human experiment victims

CHANGCHUN, China - An archive in northeastern China's Jilin Province has released classified documents on 277 prisoners of war who were subjected to the Imperial Japanese Army's ''Unit 731'' live biological warfare experiments during World War II, archive officials said Sept. 24. The 630 pages of documents drawn up by military police of the Guandong Army, Japan's field army, between May 1939 and May 1945, were released by the archive earlier this month.

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China releases Japan papers on 277 human experiment victims

CHANGCHUN, China - An archive in northeastern China's Jilin Province has released classified documents on 277 prisoners of war who were subjected to the Imperial Japanese Army's ''Unit 731'' live biological warfare experiments during World War II, archive officials said Sept. 24. The 630 pages of documents drawn up by military police of the Guandong Army, Japan's field army, between May 1939 and May 1945, were released by the archive earlier this month.