Bones of suspected WWII experiment victims laid to rest

Bones of suspected WWII experiment victims laid to rest

TOKYO, Japan - Members of citizens groups lay flowers March 27 at a facility built by the health ministry at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward to keep human bones, which they suspect belong to victims of biological warfare experiments conducted by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. The bones were found in 1989 during excavation work at a place where the Imperial Army's medical school had stood during the war.

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