Unit 731 survivors tell Chinese team about experiments

Unit 731 survivors tell Chinese team about experiments

KOCHI, Japan - Takeyoshi Ohara (C), a former member of Unit 731, Japan's infamous wartime military section accused of developing biological weapons, tells members of a Chinese investigative team of his experiences during World War II in a Kochi hotel Oct. 31. Ohara testified to the Chinese team on how the unit carried out experiments for biological weapons.

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