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SAITO, Heigo - Probationary Officer, Statement of Murata - 6 Jan 1947 (420) Prosecutor, Western Army Legal Section. At 20 June execution. |
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Biography - 26 Apr 1947 (420) Graduated in law, Kyoto Imperial University Now with Legal Research Institute - attached to Ministry of Justice, Tokyo |
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.