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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-JAPANESE GERM WARFARE-NEW EVIDENCE (CN)

(230807) -- MUDANJIANG, Aug. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 5, 2023 shows a photocopy of a document from a Japanese army hospital that cooperated with Unit 731, a Japanese germ warfare army during World War II, in Mudanjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. An original material from a Japanese army hospital that cooperated with Unit 731, a Japanese germ warfare army during World War II, has gone on public display for the first time in Mudanjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The material on display is composed of 17 documents, with a total of 36 pages, and features the hospital's information from its establishment on July 16, 1941 to Oct. 11, 1945. The hospital could accommodate about 7,200 patients. The material is of great significance for research into the Japanese army hospital, which was implicated in conducting vivisections, according to the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army, which is located in Ha

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-JAPANESE GERM WARFARE-NEW EVIDENCE (CN)

(230807) -- MUDANJIANG, Aug. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 5, 2023 shows a photocopy of a document from a Japanese army hospital that cooperated with Unit 731, a Japanese germ warfare army during World War II, in Mudanjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. An original material from a Japanese army hospital that cooperated with Unit 731, a Japanese germ warfare army during World War II, has gone on public display for the first time in Mudanjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The material on display is composed of 17 documents, with a total of 36 pages, and features the hospital's information from its establishment on July 16, 1941 to Oct. 11, 1945. The hospital could accommodate about 7,200 patients. The material is of great significance for research into the Japanese army hospital, which was implicated in conducting vivisections, according to the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army, which is located in Ha

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-JAPANESE GERM WARFARE-NEW EVIDENCE (CN)

(230807) -- MUDANJIANG, Aug. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 5, 2023 shows a photocopy of a document from a Japanese army hospital that cooperated with Unit 731, a Japanese germ warfare army during World War II, in Mudanjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. An original material from a Japanese army hospital that cooperated with Unit 731, a Japanese germ warfare army during World War II, has gone on public display for the first time in Mudanjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The material on display is composed of 17 documents, with a total of 36 pages, and features the hospital's information from its establishment on July 16, 1941 to Oct. 11, 1945. The hospital could accommodate about 7,200 patients. The material is of great significance for research into the Japanese army hospital, which was implicated in conducting vivisections, according to the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army, which is located in Ha

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-JAPANESE GERM WARFARE-NEW EVIDENCE (CN)

(230807) -- MUDANJIANG, Aug. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A researcher presents a photocopy of a document from a Japanese army hospital that cooperated with Unit 731, a Japanese germ warfare army during World War II, in Mudanjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 5, 2023. An original material from a Japanese army hospital that cooperated with Unit 731, a Japanese germ warfare army during World War II, has gone on public display for the first time in Mudanjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The material on display is composed of 17 documents, with a total of 36 pages, and features the hospital's information from its establishment on July 16, 1941 to Oct. 11, 1945. The hospital could accommodate about 7,200 patients. The material is of great significance for research into the Japanese army hospital, which was implicated in conducting vivisections, according to the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army, which is located in Harbi

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-JAPANESE GERM WARFARE-NEW EVIDENCE (CN)

(230807) -- MUDANJIANG, Aug. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 5, 2023 shows a photocopy of a document from a Japanese army hospital that cooperated with Unit 731, a Japanese germ warfare army during World War II, in Mudanjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. An original material from a Japanese army hospital that cooperated with Unit 731, a Japanese germ warfare army during World War II, has gone on public display for the first time in Mudanjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The material on display is composed of 17 documents, with a total of 36 pages, and features the hospital's information from its establishment on July 16, 1941 to Oct. 11, 1945. The hospital could accommodate about 7,200 patients. The material is of great significance for research into the Japanese army hospital, which was implicated in conducting vivisections, according to the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army, which is located in Ha

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Letters by Hiroshima governor around 1945 A-bombing found

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken on March 17, 2014, shows four letters written between June and October 1945 by Genshin Takano (1895-1969), the governor of Hiroshima when the United States dropped the atomic bomb on the Japanese city on Aug. 6, 1945. The letters were discovered at the Hiroshima Prefectural Archives.

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Italian motorcyclists offer paper cranes at Hiroshima monument

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Marco Polo Team of three Italian motorcyclists offer paper cranes made by Italian children at a monument dedicated to a Japanese girl who died at age 12 as a result of the atomic bombing of the city on Aug. 6, 1945. The motorcyclists arrived in Hiroshima after a 17,000-kilometer trans-Eurasian journey from Italy via Belarus to campaign against radiation tragedies.

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N. Korea's chief delegate meets with S. Korean Pres. Roh

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean chief delegate Kim Ki Nam (L) and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun shake hands with during a meeting Aug. 17 at the presidential Blue House in Seoul. Kim heads a North Korean delegation to attend joint celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Korean Peninsula's liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945.

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Polyanskaya tries Japanese kimono

OSAKA, Japan - Nina Polyanskaya (L), a 'war orphan' visiting Japan from Russia to seek her relatives, tries on a traditional Japanese kimono in Osaka on Dec. 2. She survived a Russian attack on the Japanese military in Mudanjiang, China, on Aug. 17, 1945, but her parents were killed.

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Polyanskaya tries Japanese kimono

OSAKA, Japan - Nina Polyanskaya (L), a 'war orphan' visiting Japan from Russia to seek her relatives, tries on a traditional Japanese kimono in Osaka on Dec. 2. She survived a Russian attack on the Japanese military in Mudanjiang, China, on Aug. 17, 1945, but her parents were killed. (Kyodo)

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Descendants of Sukarno, his Japanese supporter meet for first time

Toaji Nishimura (R) from Tokyo and Romy Sukarno, grandson of Indonesia's President Sukarno, meet for the first time at the Museum of the Declaration of Independence in Jakarta on Aug. 16, 2015. Nishimura's father Tadashi Maeda was a senior naval officer who helped Sukarno and his colleagues write the declaration that was announced on Aug. 17, 1945, two days after the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese man meets Indonesian independence leaders' descendants

Toaji Nishimura (far R) from Tokyo meets descendants of Indonesia's independence leaders, including the country's first Vice President Mohammad Hatta's daughter Halida (far L) and first President Sukarno's grandson Romy (next to her), at the Museum of the Declaration of Independence in Jakarta on Aug. 16, 2015. Nishimura's father Tadashi Maeda, a senior naval officer stationed on Java Island, helped the leaders write the declaration that was announced on Aug. 17, 1945, two days after the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. WWII minesweeper Emmons lies on Okinawa seabed

Photo taken on Aug. 17, 2015, shows the U.S. minesweeper Emmons on the floor of the sea about 3 km off Kouri Island in Nakijin, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan. According to U.S. military records, the warship was hit by five Japanese planes on suicide missions on April 6, 1945, leaving 60 sailors dead or missing. The ship was paralyzed and sunk by the U.S. side the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea's chief delegate meets with S. Korean Pres. Roh

SEOUL, Japan - North Korean chief delegate Kim Ki Nam (L) and South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun shake hands with during a meeting Aug. 17 at the presidential Blue House in Seoul. Kim heads a North Korean delegation to attend joint celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Korean Peninsula's liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945. (Kyodo)

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Forced laborers' right to compensation from Japan stands: Moon

At a press conference marking his 100th day in office on Aug. 17, 2017, in Seoul, South Korean President Moon Jae In says a postwar agreement that led to normalization of diplomatic ties with Japan should not infringe on the rights of Koreans seeking compensation for forced labor during its 1910-1945 colonial rule. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Forced laborers' right to compensation from Japan stands: Moon

At a press conference marking his 100th day in office on Aug. 17, 2017, in Seoul, South Korean President Moon Jae In says a postwar agreement that led to normalization of diplomatic ties with Japan should not infringe on the rights of Koreans seeking compensation for forced labor during its 1910-1945 colonial rule. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo