Wartime poison gas factory in Japan

Wartime poison gas factory in Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 20, 2023, shows a cenotaph built on a tiny island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, in memory of those who died after falling ill following their exposure to poison gas. Over 6,000 workers and students were mobilized to work at a poison gas factory on the island in the Seto Inland Sea run by the Imperial Japanese Army between 1929 and 1945.

Flood relief efforts in progress to restore normalcy in China's Guangxi

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GLOBALink | China's Shanghai ensures stable financial operation amid resurgence of pandemic

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Metro workers mark 21st anniversary of nerve gas attack in Tokyo

Metro workers mark 21st anniversary of nerve gas attack in Tokyo

Tokyo Metro Co. employees observe a moment of silence at Kasumigaseki Station on March 20, 2016, the 21st anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 13 people and injured over 6,000 others in the capital. Two subway workers were killed by the attack at the station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Metro workers mark 21st anniversary of nerve gas attack in Tokyo

Metro workers mark 21st anniversary of nerve gas attack in Tokyo

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lays flowers at Kasumigaseki Station on March 20, 2016, the 21st anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 13 people and injured over 6,000 others in the capital. Two subway workers were killed by the attack at the station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo