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New evidence of Japan's germ war atrocities made public in NE China

STORY: New evidence of Japan's germ war atrocities made public in NE China DATELINE: Aug. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the "Original Book of the Harbin First Army Hospital of the Japanese Army" 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIN SHICHENG, Researcher STORYLINE: A new evidence of human experiments and germ war crimes by Japan's notorious Unit 731 was revealed for the first time at a symposium held on Saturday in Mudanjiang City, northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province. The new evidence, called the "Original Book of the Harbin First Army Hospital of the Japanese Army," is a detailed record of the establishment, operation, decline and demobilization of the hospital from July 1941 to October 1945. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIN SHICHENG, Researcher "The document helped us understand the relationship between the hospital and Unit 731. Through the study and research on the new archives, we've found that the establishment and expansion of Unit 731 not

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Hideki Tojo

Born on Dec. 30, 1884 and died on Dec. 23, 1948. Tojo was army general and served as prime minister from 1941 to 1944. In July 1940, Tojo was appointed to the post of army minister and pushed for the conclusion of the tripartite pact with Germany and Italy. Following his taking office as prime minister in October 1941, Japan made a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 (Dec. 8 Japan time). In July 1944, he was removed from office. Just before being arrested as a class A war criminal, he attempted to kill himself on Sept. 11, 1945. Tojo was indicted by the International Military Tribunal and was hanged on Dec. 23, 1948.

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Tokyo police knew of Soviet spy Sorge's spying activities

LONDON, Britain - Photo shows a U.S. document in a British MI5 file released to the public on July 5. The document suggests Tokyo police let Richard Sorge, a wartime Soviet spy based in Japan, remain at large in order to decode the ciphers he and other agents were using before they arrested him in October 1941. Sorge, who entered Japan as a correspondent for the German daily Frankfurter Zeitung, was arrested just two months before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and executed in Japan in 1944.

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Tokyo police let WWII Soviet spy remain at large

LONDON, Britain - File photo shows Richard Sorge, a wartime Soviet spy based in Japan. According to a U.S. document from a British MI5 file released to the public July 5 in London, Tokyo police let Sorge remain at large to decode ciphers he and other agents were using before they arrested him in October 1941. Sorge entered Japan as a correspondent for the German daily Frankfurter Zeitung.

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Tokyo police knew of Soviet spy Sorge's spying activities

LONDON, Britain - Photo shows a U.S. document in a British MI5 file released to the public on July 5. The document suggests Tokyo police let Richard Sorge, a wartime Soviet spy based in Japan, remain at large in order to decode the ciphers he and other agents were using before they arrested him in October 1941. Sorge, who entered Japan as a correspondent for the German daily Frankfurter Zeitung, was arrested just two months before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and executed in Japan in 1944.

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1941 Sunday Express Russian Army retakes Orel

1941 front page Sunday Express Russian Army retakes Orel and General Hideki Tojo is new leader of Japanese Cabinet Date: 19th October 1941

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1941 Daily Telegraph Battle for Moscow

1941 front page Daily Telegraph Battle for Moscow, fall of Odessa and Roosevelt meets war chiefs on Japan Date: 17th October 1941

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1941 Daily Herald Battle for Moscow

1941 front page Daily Herald Battle for Moscow, fall of Odessa and Roosevelt meets war chiefs on Japan Date: 17th October 1941

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1941 Daily Herald Frank Knox certain of US - Japanese clash

1941 front page Daily Herald U.S. Navy secretary Frank Knox certain of U.S. - Japanese clash, Executions in France and Battle for Russia Date: 25th October 1941

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1941 Daily Mail Frank Knox certain of US - Japanese clash

1941 front page Daily Mail U.S. Navy secretary Frank Knox certain of U.S. - Japanese clash, Executions in France and Battle for Russia Date: 25th October 1941

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1941 Daily Express Frank Knox certain of US - Japanese clash

1941 front page Daily Express U.S. Navy secretary Frank Knox certain of U.S. - Japanese clash, Executions in France and Battle for Russia Date: 25th October 1941

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1941 The Times Battle for Moscow

1941 page 4 The Times Battle for Moscow, General Hideki Tojo is new leader of Japanese Cabinet Sergeant John Hinson wins Victoria Cross Date: 18th October 1941

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1941 Daily Herald Battle for Moscow

1941 front page Daily Herald Battle for Moscow and General Hideki Tojo is new leader of Japanese Cabinet Date: 20th October 1941

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1941 Daily Herald Battle for Moscow

1941 front page Daily Herald Battle for Moscow, General Hideki Tojo is new leader of Japanese Cabinet and Sergeant John Hinson wins Victoria Cross Date: 18th October 1941

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1941 The Times Battle for Moscow

1941 page 4 The Times Battle for Moscow, fall of Odessa and Roosevelt meets war chiefs on Japan Date: 17th October 1941

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1941 The Times Britain and US give full support to Russia

1941 page 4 The Times Britain and U.S. give full support to Russia, State of emergency in Czechoslovakia and China claim big victory over Japanese Army Date: 3rd October 1941

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1941 News Chronicle Battle for Moscow

1941 front page News Chronicle Battle for Moscow, fall of Odessa and Roosevelt meets war chiefs on Japan Date: 17th October 1941

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1941 News Chronicle Soviet Government at Kuibishev

1941 front page News Chronicle Soviet Government at Kuibishev, Merseyside Bombed and Japanese Threat to Siberia Date: 21st October 1941

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1941 Daily Telegraph Frank Knox certain of US - Japanese cla

1941 front page Daily Telegraph U.S. Navy secretary Frank Knox certain of U.S. - Japanese clash, Executions in France and Battle for Russia Date: 25th October 1941

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1941 The Times Russian Army successes on Eastern Front

1941 page 4 The Times Russian Army successes on Eastern Front, sinking of the I.C. White and Japanese occupation of Indo China Date: 6th October 1941

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1941 The Times Battle for Moscow

1941 page 4 The Times Battle for Moscow, Wendell Willkie calls on U.S. to join the war and General Hideki Tojo is new leader of Japanese Cabinet Date: 20th October 1941

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1941 Daily Mirror Battle for Moscow

1941 front page Daily Mirror Battle for Moscow, fall of Odessa and Roosevelt meets war chiefs on Japan Date: 17th October 1941

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1941 Daily Mirror Battle for Moscow

1941 front page Daily Mirror Battle for Moscow, Howard Trevor charged for the murder of Theodora Greenhill and General Hideki Tojo is new leader of Japanese Cabinet Date: 20th October 1941

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1941 Daily Express Battle for Moscow

1941 front page Daily Express Battle for Moscow, fall of Odessa and Roosevelt meets war chiefs on Japan Date: 17th October 1941

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1941 Daily Telegraph Battle for Moscow

1941 front page Daily Telegraph Battle for Moscow, Britain to aid Russia and Chinese Army defeat Japanese Forces at Ichang Date: 11th October 1941

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Thailand - POW Railway - Punishment

1943/4 Thailand - POW Railway. Punishment with 4 gall container 3/4 full of water or stones. Watercolour with some pen and ink, signed lower left, ?Chalker?, by Gunner Jack B Chalker (1918-2014), Royal Artillery, 1945 (c). Full length figure of a near naked prisoner tied to a bamboo stake with a heavy rough tin container tied around his neck and Japanese guards beyond, Ban Pong Camp, Thailand.Associated with World War Two, POWs Far East (1941-1945).Chalker recalls observing such a torture on arrival in Ban Pong Camp in October 1942. 'The tin container was filled with stones or water, when the neck was straightened the jagged edge of the tin lacerated the chest?he was in great distress..' Date: 1945

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The Boogie Man Will Get You film (1942)

Boris Karloff Characters: Prof. Nathaniel Billings Film: The Boogie Man Will Get You (1941) Director: Lew Landers 22 October 1942 Date: 22-Oct-1942

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The Maltese Falcon film (1941)

Humphrey Bogart Characters: Sam Spade Film: The Maltese Falcon (USA 1941) / Literaturverfilmung (Based On The Book By Dashiell Hammett) Director: John Huston 03 October 1941 Date: 03-Oct-1941

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Moonlight In Hawaii film (1941)

Johnny Downs & Jane Frazee Characters: Pete & Toby Film: Moonlight In Hawaii (1948) Director: Charles Lamont 09 October 1941 Date: 09-Oct-1941

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Honky Tonk film (1941)

Claire Trevor & Clark Gable Characters: 'Gold Dust' Nelson & 'Candy' Johnson Film: Honky Tonk (1946) Director: Jack Conway 01 October 1941 Date: 01-Oct-1941

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Honky Tonk film (1941)

Clark Gable Characters: 'Candy' Johnson Film: Honky Tonk (1941) Director: Jack Conway 01 October 1941 Date: 01-Oct-1941

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Dumbo film (1941)

Circus Elephant Film: Dumbo (USA 1941) Director: Ben Sharpsteen 23 October 1941 Date: 23-Oct-1941

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Dumbo film (1941)

Dumbo & Timothy Mouse Film: Dumbo (USA 1941) Director: Ben Sharpsteen 23 October 1941 Date: 23-Oct-1941

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Dumbo film (1941)

Circus Film: Dumbo (USA 1941) Director: Ben Sharpsteen 23 October 1941 Date: 23-Oct-1941

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Dumbo film (1941)

Timothy Mouse & Crow Film: Dumbo (USA 1941) Director: Ben Sharpsteen 23 October 1941 Date: 23-Oct-1941

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Dumbo film (1941)

Timothy Mouse & Crows Film: Dumbo (USA 1941) Director: Ben Sharpsteen 23 October 1941 Date: 23-Oct-1941

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Dumbo film (1941)

Circus Elephants Film: Dumbo (USA 1941) Director: Ben Sharpsteen 23 October 1941 Date: 23-Oct-1941

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The Great Dictator film (1940)

Charlie Chaplin & Paulette Goddard Characters: & Hannah Film: The Great Dictator (1941) Director: Charles Chaplin 15 October 1940 Date: 15-Oct-1940

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The Great Dictator film (1940)

Charlie Chaplin Film: The Great Dictator (1941) Director: Charles Chaplin 15 October 1940 Date: 15-Oct-1940

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49th Parallel; The Invaders film (1941)

Raymond Massey Characters: Andy Brock Film: 49th Parallel; Forty-Ninth Parallel; The Invaders (1947) Director: Michael Powell 08 October 1941 Date: 08-Oct-1941

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49th Parallel; The Invaders film (1941)

Leslie Howard Characters: Philip Armstrong Scott Film: 49th Parallel; Forty-Ninth Parallel; The Invaders (1941) Director: Michael Powell 08 October 1941 Date: 08-Oct-1941

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49th Parallel; The Invaders film (1941)

Laurence Olivier Film: 49th Parallel; Forty-Ninth Parallel; The Invaders (1941) Director: Michael Powell 08 October 1941 Date: 08-Oct-1941

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The Falcon flag at the public transport tram in Brno

The Falcon flag has appeared at the public transport tram in Brno, as Czechia commemorates today, on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, for the first time as a Day of Significance, the 1,500 members of the Sokol (Falcon) sports organisation whom the Nazis arrested and deported to concentration camps on new Deputy Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich's order in the night of October 8, 1941. A few days after the raid, the Nazis banned Falcon. A total of about 5,000 Falcon members were murdered or died in fightings during WWII. Commemorative events and exhibitions highlighting the fate of the Falcon victims and Falcon's role in the struggle for freedom, national independence and democracy take place in many Czech towns today. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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The Falcon flag at the public transport tram in Brno

The Falcon flag has appeared at the public transport tram in Brno, as Czechia commemorates today, on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, for the first time as a Day of Significance, the 1,500 members of the Sokol (Falcon) sports organisation whom the Nazis arrested and deported to concentration camps on new Deputy Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich's order in the night of October 8, 1941. A few days after the raid, the Nazis banned Falcon. A total of about 5,000 Falcon members were murdered or died in fightings during WWII. Commemorative events and exhibitions highlighting the fate of the Falcon victims and Falcon's role in the struggle for freedom, national independence and democracy take place in many Czech towns today. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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The Falcon flag at the City Hall building in Brno

The Falcon flag has appeared at the City Hall building in Brno, as Czechia commemorates today, on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, for the first time as a Day of Significance, the 1,500 members of the Sokol (Falcon) sports organisation whom the Nazis arrested and deported to concentration camps on new Deputy Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich's order in the night of October 8, 1941. A few days after the raid, the Nazis banned Falcon. A total of about 5,000 Falcon members were murdered or died in fightings during WWII. Commemorative events and exhibitions highlighting the fate of the Falcon victims and Falcon's role in the struggle for freedom, national independence and democracy take place in many Czech towns today. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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The Falcon flag at the City Hall building in Brno

The Falcon flag has appeared at the City Hall building in Brno, as Czechia commemorates today, on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, for the first time as a Day of Significance, the 1,500 members of the Sokol (Falcon) sports organisation whom the Nazis arrested and deported to concentration camps on new Deputy Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich's order in the night of October 8, 1941. A few days after the raid, the Nazis banned Falcon. A total of about 5,000 Falcon members were murdered or died in fightings during WWII. Commemorative events and exhibitions highlighting the fate of the Falcon victims and Falcon's role in the struggle for freedom, national independence and democracy take place in many Czech towns today. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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The Falcon flag at the public transport tram in Brno

The Falcon flag has appeared at the public transport tram in Brno, as Czechia commemorates today, on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, for the first time as a Day of Significance, the 1,500 members of the Sokol (Falcon) sports organisation whom the Nazis arrested and deported to concentration camps on new Deputy Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich's order in the night of October 8, 1941. A few days after the raid, the Nazis banned Falcon. A total of about 5,000 Falcon members were murdered or died in fightings during WWII. Commemorative events and exhibitions highlighting the fate of the Falcon victims and Falcon's role in the struggle for freedom, national independence and democracy take place in many Czech towns today. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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The Falcon flag at the public transport tram in Brno

The Falcon flag has appeared at the public transport tram in Brno, as Czechia commemorates today, on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, for the first time as a Day of Significance, the 1,500 members of the Sokol (Falcon) sports organisation whom the Nazis arrested and deported to concentration camps on new Deputy Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich's order in the night of October 8, 1941. A few days after the raid, the Nazis banned Falcon. A total of about 5,000 Falcon members were murdered or died in fightings during WWII. Commemorative events and exhibitions highlighting the fate of the Falcon victims and Falcon's role in the struggle for freedom, national independence and democracy take place in many Czech towns today. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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Hideki Tojo

Born on Dec. 30, 1884 and died on Dec. 23, 1948. Tojo was army general and served as prime minister from 1941 to 1944. In July 1940, Tojo was appointed to the post of army minister and pushed for the conclusion of the tripartite pact with Germany and Italy. Following his taking office as prime minister in October 1941, Japan made a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 (Dec. 8 Japan time). In July 1944, he was removed from office. Just before being arrested as a class A war criminal, he attempted to kill himself on Sept. 11, 1945. Tojo was indicted by the International Military Tribunal and was hanged on Dec. 23, 1948. (Kyodo)