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Statement of Kihara (17 June 1947) 43, Professor of genycology and obstetrics at KIU, graduated from KIU in 1915, there since, was in army for 25 days in 1943, was an acquaintance of Ishiyama, a classmate of Komori, whom he last saw 19 June 1945, ate supper with him at a thank-you party of the Chief of WAMS (Horiuchi) for the operation on his wife, at which Kihara assisted. Komori's hone makes sake (??) and he brought some to the party. Kihara doesn't know anything about Komori's work or research. When the wife of Horiuchi was in the hospital Komori frequently came there and brought clothing, did everything for her, saw him there 2-3 times, and usually spoke to him, this in May or June 1945. |
This book documents the legal proceedings of the December 1949 Khabarovsk trial in which twelve members of the Japanese Army's covert biological warfare Unit 731 were prosecuted for their war crimes. The trial sought to hold key leaders in Japan's bio-weapons program accountable for atrocities after WWII.